Laravel: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2054] The server requested authentication method unknown to the client

Question

after installing a new laravel app 5.7 and trying to migrate I get this error:

Illuminate\Database\QueryException : SQLSTATE[HY000] [2054] The server requested authentication method unknown to the client (SQL: select * from information_schema.tables where table_schema = xxx_db and table_name = migrations)

at C:\xampp\htdocs\xxxxx\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Database\Connection.php:664 660| // If an exception occurs when attempting to run a query, we'll format the error 661| // message to include the bindings with SQL, which will make this exception a 662| // lot more helpful to the developer instead of just the database's errors. 663| catch (Exception $e) {

664| throw new QueryException( 665| $query, $this->prepareBindings($bindings), $e 666| ); 667| } 668|

Exception trace:

1 PDOException::("PDO::__construct(): The server requested authentication method unknown to the client [caching_sha2_password]") C:\xampp\htdocs\xxxxx\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Database\Connectors\Connector.php:70

2 PDO::__construct("mysql:host=127.0.0.1;port=3306;dbname=xxx_db ", "root", "**********", []) C:\xampp\htdocs\xxxxx\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Database\Connectors\Connector.php:70

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Answer 1

1. Enter to your mysql as root and run this query

ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY '1234';

You can change 1234 to be your password

2. Run these commands

php artisan config:clear

php artisan migrate

Note: this worked for me.