Laravel 5 error SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'homestead'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

Question

I have installed Laravel 5 successfully and changed MySQL credentials in database.php file in config directory to \'

mysql\' => [
            \'driver\'           


        

Answer 1

I spent hours on this :-( and finally, it was really easy to hack

BEFORE

DB_PASSWORD=#Root2020$

UPDATED

DB_PASSWORD="#Root2020$"

I think the problem was # in the password, that's why I had to write my password into quotation marks.