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

You do not need to set credentials in database.php file. It is enough if you have credentials in .env

If you are able to login to database directly then this password must work. It can be possible that you are having different environment than "local" which is defined in this file. Test is with "php artisan env"