Laravel on nginx+php-fpm returns blank page

Question

I'm having this issue with Laravel which is served by nginx + php-fpm, it's just returning a blank page. Neither nginx nor php nor laravel are logging any errors at all.

When running the index.php with the CLI, it will return the welcome page.

The laravel stack is untouched, all error reporting/displaying/logging is turned on.

Below is my nginx vhost:

server { listen 801; server_name _; root /path/to/laravel/public; index index.html index.html index.php; charset utf-8; gzip on; gzip_http_version 1.1; gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]."; gzip_vary on; gzip_proxied expired no-cache no-store private auth; gzip_comp_level 9; fastcgi_buffers 8 16k; fastcgi_buffer_size 32k; fastcgi_read_timeout 180; # serve static files directly location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|gif|css|png|js|ico|html)$ { access_log off; expires max; } location / { index index.html index.htm index.php; #try static .html file first ##try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php; <<Wrong!! this will break bundles like OneAuth for example try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?q=$uri&$args; } # catch all error_page 404 /index.php; #set client_max_body_size client_max_body_size 25m; #set client_body_buffer_size client_body_buffer_size 128k; location ~ \.php$ { fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$; fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock; fastcgi_index index.php; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name; include fastcgi_params; } } 

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My problem was that app/storage had the wrong permissions. So if you get the same errors as myself, blank page, try chmod 0777 the entire app/storage folder.

sudo chmod -R 0777 app/storage 

Answer 1

OP stated that his working solution is sudo chmod -R 0777 app/storage.

While it solved the problem, it is never the solution. The proper way is set the group as www-data and give it write permission.

chown -R www-data app/storage chmod -R 0770 app/storage 

For details explanation about chmod 777 and permissions on a Linux webserver, see this answer: What permissions should my website files/folders have on a Linux webserver?

Answer 2

Try change your 'try_files' argument to the following:

try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args; 

Answer 3

My problem was that app/storage had the wrong permissions. So if you get the same errors as myself, blank page, try chmod 0777 the entire app/storage folder.

sudo chmod -R 0777 app/storage