I still have the problem where Monolog is unable to write to the log file as described above but that is another symptom.

I am getting an UnexpectedValueException when trying to render a view.

in my routes.php if I

return 'this is some text!';

then it works ok

if I return

return view('path.to.view');

then I get the error and then Monolog can't log it.

I have opened permission right up for the public and resources and storage folders.

This all works fine locally - just breaks on the client server.

This is a blade issue. If I call a view without Blade templating then it render sok.

If I call a view that uses blade templating then i get the error.

Is there some config I need to set for Blade to work?

Did you ultimately find what is wrong here? I also think that the permissions are not supposed to be that crazy.