Access denied for user 'homestead@localhost' .. in laravel 5

Question

I use the command php artisan migrate to migrate my db in laravel 5 .. it gives me an error:

exception \'PDOException\' with message \'SQLSTATE[HY000] [10

Answer 1

In your Laravel .env file, alter the variables accordingly to match your desired settings.

If you're using something like XAMMP or EasyPHP with a mysql db, perhaps use the following setup

 DB_HOST=localhost
 DB_DATABASE=mysql
 DB_USERNAME=root
 DB_PASSWORD=''