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Laravel: storage/logs/laravel.log could not be opened: Permission denied
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The error
Error
The stream or file "/var/www/html/storage/logs/laravel.log" could not be opened in append mode: Failed to open stream: Permission denied
Why it happens
The web server user (often www-data, nginx or apache) cannot write to storage/ or bootstrap/cache/. This happens after uploading files as another user, running artisan as root, or extracting a zip that kept the wrong permissions.
How to fix it
- Give the web server user ownership of the two writable folders.
- Make them writable for the owner and group (775, not 777).
- On shared hosting (cPanel), set the folders to 755 or 775 in File Manager; files run as your own user there.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data storage bootstrap/cache
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