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

If you are on MAMP

Check your port number as well generally it is

Host localhost

Port 8889

User root

Password root

Socket /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock

Answer 2

I had the same problem, so I realized that the .env file does not accept special characters, as my password has these characters, I added the password in the config/database.php file.

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

It's working now. I had to restart server. Thanks

Answer 5

You do not need to set credentials in database.php file. It is enough if you have credentials in .env

If you are able to login to database directly then this password must work. It can be possible that you are having different environment than "local" which is defined in this file. Test is with "php artisan env"

Answer 6

I came up with this too... then I solve it by putting the database information directly in " database.php " In your case, I would change the information like this

mysql' => [
        'driver'    => 'mysql',
        'host'      => 'localhost',
        'database'  => 'wdcollect',
        'username'  => 'root',
        'password'  => '',
        'charset'   => 'utf8',
        'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
        'prefix'    => '',
        'strict'    => false,
    ],

and don't forget to change your setting in XAMPP's config.inc

['auth_type'] = 'config';
['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '';
['AllowNoPassword'] = true;