Changing database name in Laravel/Homestead

Question

I started learning Laravel just an hour ago and following tutorials.

My settings for database are as follow (File: app/config/database.php):

'default' => 'mysql',

'connections' => array(

    'sqlite' => array(
        'driver'   => 'sqlite',
        'database' => __DIR__.'/../database/production.sqlite',
        'prefix'   => '',
    ),

    'mysql' => array(
        'driver'    => 'mysql',
        'host'      => 'localhost',
        'database'  => 'laraveltest',
        'username'  => 'root',
        'password'  => 'secret',
        'charset'   => 'utf8',
        'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
        'prefix'    => '',
    ),

In mySQL on homestead, I already created laraveltest database. I also created migration file in database/migration directory with following code:

public function up()
{
    Schema::create('users', function($table)
    {
        $table->increments('id');
        $table->string('email')->unique();
        $table->string('name');
        $table->timestamps();
    });
}

and migration commands were:

vagrant@homestead:~/Code/Laravel$ php artisan migrate
Migration table created successfully.
Migrated: 2014_08_14_195103_create_users_table

As displayed, table users created but in homestead database, not in laraveltest database. Can someone please tell where I went wrong and how to force laravel to use laraveltest database?

Edit after first comment File: bootstrap/start.php

$env = $app->detectEnvironment(array(

    'local' => array('homestead'),

));

Answer 1

It is most likely an issue with environments. Check that you have a database configuration file in app/config/local/, and check that it has the proper settings.

Answer 2

If anyone finds this looking for the answer for Laravel 5 or later: It's the same as @camroncade says, but in this case it's your .env file in the project root you want to look at.