How do I connect my Laravel 5 app to mysql using MAMP?

Question

I've gotten several different errors running php artisan migrate while trying different things. The most recent one is:

Access denied for user 'homestead'@'localhost' (using password: YES

This is my database.php

'mysql' => [
    'driver'    => 'mysql',
    'host'      => env('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
    'unix_socket'   => '/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock',
    'database'  => env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
    'username'  => env('DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
    'password'  => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
    'charset'   => 'utf8',
    'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
    'prefix'    => '',
    'strict'    => false,
    'port' => '3306'
],

and this is the .env

APP_ENV=local
APP_DEBUG=true
APP_KEY=halMyGPhfVZGrdpibFIwEE0wZipP5lqu

DB_HOST=localhost *updated
DB_DATABASE=forge *updated
DB_USERNAME=forge *updated
DB_PASSWORD= *updated

CACHE_DRIVER=file
SESSION_DRIVER=file
QUEUE_DRIVER=sync

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=mailtrap.io
MAIL_PORT=2525
MAIL_USERNAME=null
MAIL_PASSWORD=null
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null

UNIX_SOCKET=/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock

Answer 1

Try changing the following in your .env file or remove all the keys related to DB from .env file.

DB_HOST=localhost
DB_DATABASE=forge
DB_USERNAME=forge
DB_PASSWORD=

I had run into same issue, The problem is, the database.php file looks for the key DB_DATABASE etc. in the .env file. Since, that key is present in .env file, It doesn't consider the default value forge that you have provided in the statement env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge')

In plain english, "Look for the key DB_DATABASE in .env , if present, use that else use forge as default"

In your case, the keys are present in .env file hence, though you provide forge , it considers homestead that is defined in the .env file. And hence the error Access denied on 'homestead'@'localhost'

Hope I clarified the things.