Laravel PDOException SQLSTATE[HY000] [1049] Unknown database 'forge'

Question

I am using Laravel to connect to MySQL database.

I got this exception:

PDOException
SQLSTATE[HY000] [1049] Unknown database \'forge\'

Answer 1

1. Stop the server then run php artisan cache:clear.
2. Change .env file DB_PORT=3308 (3308 For me) mysql port