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 came up with this too... then I solve it by putting the database information directly in " database.php " In your case, I would change the information like this

mysql' => [
        'driver'    => 'mysql',
        'host'      => 'localhost',
        'database'  => 'wdcollect',
        'username'  => 'root',
        'password'  => '',
        'charset'   => 'utf8',
        'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
        'prefix'    => '',
        'strict'    => false,
    ],

and don't forget to change your setting in XAMPP's config.inc

['auth_type'] = 'config';
['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '';
['AllowNoPassword'] = true;