Getting blank page when error in Laravel Valet WSL

Question

I'm getting a blank page when an error occurs while using Valet WSL.

I can read the error on the "title" of the browser tab but it shows no page content.

I'm on Laravel 7 and valet-wsl 1.0.6 and WSL 1.

Answer 1

Check the following

1. .env file is present in the project root with proper values
2. Check whether proper permissions are set on files and folders especially bootstrap\cache and storage
3. Whether the web-server user has the appropriate permissions on bootstrap\cache and storage

To set proper permissions on all files and folders in the project

# replace /var/www/myproject with path to your project on webserver root

find /var/www/myproject -type f -exec chmod 664 {} \;
find /var/www/myproject -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

To ensure proper permissions on bootstrap\cache and storage`

# replace <non-root-sudo-user> with your username

setfacl -Rdm u:www-data:rwx,u:<non-root-sudo-user>:rwx storage
setfacl -Rdm u:www-data:rwx,u:<non-root-sudo-user>:rwx bootstrap/cache
setfacl -Rm u:www-data:rwx,u:<non-root-sudo-user>:rwx storage
setfacl -Rm u:www-data:rwx,u:<non-root-sudo-user>:rwx bootstrap/cache

These are the common pitfalls for getting a blank page