title: Laravel 5.1 installation - white screen and no .env file
body: <p>I have a problem setting up Laravel 5.1 on my iMac with OS X Yosemite 10.10.5.</p>
  
  <p>It's the first time I try to set it up on a Mac. Normally I use Windows and never had a problem. I have no problems with oder websites I have created, with or without vhosts.</p>
  
  <p>I use the built-in apache2 server with php enabled and mysql installed. I modified my httpd.conf in order to be able to use the /Users/Fabian/Sites folder for my sites. I also created a virtual-host pointing to /Users/Fabian/Sites/Laravel/public.</p>
  
  <p>At first, I installed composer globally. Next step was to install Laravel by:</p>
  
  <pre><code>cd /Users/Fabian/Sites
  composer create-project laravel/laravel Laravel
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So the download started and finished without any errors. </p>
  
  <p>But now, my .env file is missing. I went to Github and copied the example-.env file from laravel/laravel repository. Now it looks like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>APP_ENV=local
  APP_DEBUG=true
  APP_KEY=
  
  DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
  DB_DATABASE=junperbo
  DB_USERNAME=root
  DB_PASSWORD=
  
  CACHE_DRIVER=file
  SESSION_DRIVER=file
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have no app_key.</p>
  
  <p>When I try to enter the Site via <a href="http://laravel.me" rel="nofollow">http://laravel.me</a> I only get a white screen. There is nothing. No errors. Not even a source-code. laravel.me is my vhost pointing to /Users/Fabian/Sites/Laravel/public. And yes, it is set up in my /etc/hosts file ;)</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas what went wrong during installation? Is there something I have to do in a different way on a Mac? I did the installation without sudo.</p>
  
  <p>Everytime I try to enter the site my custom_log says:</p>
  
  <pre><code>127.0.0.1 - - [27/Sep/2015:09:42:53 +0200] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 500 -
  127.0.0.1 - - [27/Sep/2015:09:42:53 +0200] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 200 -
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is my httpd.conf file: <a href="http://pastebin.com/twbTNnKK" rel="nofollow">httpd.conf</a></p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>