Laravel 5 error SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'homestead'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

Question

I have installed Laravel 5 successfully and changed MySQL credentials in database.php file in config directory to \'

mysql\' => [
            \'driver\'           


        

Answer 1

I had the same problem, so I realized that the .env file does not accept special characters, as my password has these characters, I added the password in the config/database.php file.