Laravel SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] Connection refused

Question

so I want to deploy my existing laravel porject into my digitalocean vps I user this tut and I upload my site successfully

also my env file is

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Answer 1

In your .env file, change DB_HOST from 127.0.0.1 to localhost

Answer 2

Put string:

DB_SOCKET=/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock

after DB_PASSWORD=

It works for MAMP. Set your path to mysql.sock

Answer 3

Before you do changes as per instructed above,

1. check if your database server running or not. If you are using command prompt, running mysql.server status or mysqld status shall show the database status.
2. If the database is running, check if the dbuser is allow to connect from '%' or 'localhost' or '127.0.0.1'. If not, just grant the user access from '%'
3. If you have done 1 and 2 and still can't connect, see if the db user is allow to access the schema. If not, grant access to the schema
4. If you reach here and still got the same error, try to restart you web server.

Answer 4

After long hours this worked for me:

Changing the port in php My Admin previously 8889

APP_NAME=laravel
APP_ENV=local
APP_KEY= YOUR KEY
APP_DEBUG=true
APP_URL=127.0.0.1

LOG_CHANNEL=stack

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_SOCKET=/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock

and then

php artisan cache:clear
php artisan route:clear
php artisan config:clear
php artisan view:clear