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] [1045] Access denied for user 'homestead'@'localhost' (using password: YES)'

Answer 1

Sometime in the future. Try to clear your config first

php artisan config:clear. 

Close all the terminal /cmd windows and then restart terminal/CMD and this should get rid of the error message. See if it works.

Answer 2

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=''