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

Please update below file.

vendor - .env - on line#7

 DB_HOST=localhost
 DB_DATABASE=homestead
 DB_USERNAME=homestead
 DB_PASSWORD=secret

Instead of homestead user your database, username and password. This should work for you.