Laravel PDOException SQLSTATE[HY000] [1049] Unknown database 'forge'

Question

I am using Laravel to connect to MySQL database.

I got this exception:

PDOException
SQLSTATE[HY000] [1049] Unknown database \'forge\'

Answer 1

In my case the error was due to incorrect port number (the error is definitely due to incorrect credentials i.e. host/port/dbname/username/password).

Solution:

1. right click on WAMP tray;
2. click (drag your cursor) on MySQL;
3. see the port number used by MySQL;
4. add same in your Laravel configuration:
   • .env file;
   • config/database.php.

Clear cache php artisan config:cache

Run migration php artisan migrate