Setting up Laravel on a Mac php artisan migrate error: No such file or directory [duplicate]

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1. Pulled a perfectly working laravel project from a git into a mac running MAMP. Project ran perfectly on a linux machine.
2. composer install

3. php artisan migrate, got the following error:

   [PDOException]                                    
   SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No such file or directory 
   

NB: php -v is 5.5 and mysql -v is 5.5 from the terminal Here is part of my config/database.php

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

I tried replacing localhost with 127.0.0.1 with no avail. Kindly help..

Edit: I added these three lines in my php.ini

mysql.default_socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

mysqli.default_socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

pdo_mysql.default_socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

I also added this symlink:

sudo mkdir /var/mysql
cd /var/mysql && sudo ln -s /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/mysql/mysql.sock

But that didnt solve. I also pulled a fresh new laravel project from git and ran into the same error after composer install then php artisan migrate

 [PDOException]                                    
  SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No such file or directory 

The mac version is 10.7.4

Answer 1

If you are using MAMP be sure to add the unix_socket key with a value of the path that the mysql.sock resides in MAMP.

'mysql' => array(
        'driver'    => 'mysql',
        'host'      => 'localhost',
        'unix_socket'   => '/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock',
        'database'  => 'database',
        'username'  => 'root',
        'password'  => 'root',
        'charset'   => 'utf8',
        'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
        'prefix'    => '',
    ),

Answer 2

Do not assume your unix_socket which would be different from one to another, try to find it.

First of all, get your unix_socket location.

$ mysql -uroot -p

Enter your mysql password and login your mysql server from command line.

mysql> show variables like '%sock%';
+---------------+---------------------------------------+
| Variable_name | Value                                 |
+---------------+---------------------------------------+
| socket        | /opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock |
+---------------+---------------------------------------+

Your unix_soket could be diffrent.

Then you got 2 solution to solve your issue:

(1) Change your config/database.php

    'mysql' => array(
    'driver'    => 'mysql',
    'host'      => 'localhost',
    'database'  => 'essays',
    'username'  => 'root',
    'password'  => 'root',
    'unix_socket'   => '/opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock', //Your sock got from above
    'charset'   => 'utf8',
    'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
    'prefix'    => '',
),

(2) Change your php.ini, find your php.ini file from

<? phpinfo();

You maybe install many php with different version, so please don't assume your php.ini file location, get it from your 'phpinfo';

Change your php.ini:

mysql.default_socket = /opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock

mysqli.default_socket = /opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock

pdo_mysql.default_socket = /opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock

Then restart your apache or php-fpm.

Answer 3

Had the same problem, but it's working for me now.

If anybody is still having problems, try this:

• Make sure your bootstrap/start.php contains your actual hostname, not the name of your virtual host. Enter hostname in the terminal to get your hostname. As it's an array I believe you can enter both your hostname and the name(s) of your virtual host(s).
• Replace "localhost" with "127.0.0.1".

Answer 4

If you are using XAMPP, the solution is:

'mysql' => array(
        'driver'      => 'mysql',
        'unix_socket' => '/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/mysql/mysql.sock',
        'host'        => 'localhost'
)

Answer 5

This works for me in Laravel 5.0, change the DB_HOST=127.0.0.1:33060 in .env file.

Others answers don't work...

Answer 6

For Laravel 5.0+ change localhost to 127.0.0.1 in your .env file as well before you go playing around with Unix Sockets etc - this worked for me.

Noobs beware: For anyone using Laravel 5 and using older learning material be aware that there was quite a marked shift in folder structure from previous versions though this seems to be for the better- check out this article https://mattstauffer.co/blog/laravel-5.0-directory-structure-and-namespace

Answer 7

Another solution is to add the port number in the host key. In this case MAMP uses the 8889 by default:

'mysql' => array(
    'driver'    => 'mysql',
    'host'      => 'localhost:8889',
    'database'  => 'essays',
    'username'  => 'root',
    'password'  => 'root',
    'charset'   => 'utf8',
    'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
    'prefix'    => '',
),

Answer 8

If you are using Laravle 5.1.11 version + MAC + MAMPP

you have to add "Unix_socket " in file "yourapp"/app/config/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,
],

Unix_socket param was added to above mysql config drive.