Laravel SQLSTATE[HY000] [1049] Unknown database - nothing seems to work - php

Question

I got Laravel SQLSTATE[HY000] [1049] Unknown database Error, when I try to migrate using php artisan migrate:install/ migrate. I have properly named database on my localhost SQL server. I'm using XAMPP to run it.
here's my .env:
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3307
DB_DATABASE=todo
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=root
here's database.php:
'default' => env('DB_CONNECTION', 'mysql'),
'mysql' => [
'driver' => 'mysql',
'url' => env('DATABASE_URL'),
'host' => env('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
'port' => env('DB_PORT', '3306'),
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
'unix_socket' => env('DB_SOCKET', ''),
'charset' => 'utf8mb4',
'collation' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
'prefix' => '',
'prefix_indexes' => true,
'strict' => true,
'engine' => null,
'options' => extension_loaded('pdo_mysql') ? array_filter([
PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA => env('MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA'),
]) : [],
],
also here's create_todo_table.php file:
<?php
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
class CreateTodoTable extends Migration
{
/**
* Run the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function up()
{
Schema::create('todo', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->id();
$table->timestamps();
$table->string('yettodo');
$table->string('done');
$table->string('user');
});
}
/**
* Reverse the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function down()
{
Schema::dropIfExists('todo');
}
}
but constantly I keep getting this:
C:\Users\gracj\todo\todo\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Database\Connectors\Connector.php:70
PDOException::("SQLSTATE[HY000] [1049] Unknown database 'todo'")
I am fully aware that there are plenty of threads like this on the Internet. The case is I feel like I've tried everything I could find (including installing different MySQL version - now I'm on 5.7, earlier I was on 8.0). I feel hopeless.
I had to change DB_PORT to 3307 since I had "3306 is occupied" error. I'm on Laravel 8 and PHP 8.0.2.
Please help!

Answer 1

Ok, fixed - very counterintuitive. Here's what I did.
I deleted and created todo database on my server couple of times, every time "php artisan config:clear" afterwards. I did try it earlier, BUT, I changed the DB_PORT in my .env file back to 3306 EVEN TOUGH XAMPP says it's busy, so in XAMPP I had to change it to 3307 (image below). As you can see, these aren't the same! Could you explain that? I'm worried since it might work just once and after few lines of code or migrations, it is possible for it to come back...

Answer 2

Faced a similar issue. However, mine was solved after creating a table on myphpAdmin.
Try:
open XAMP->click on admin in MySQL row and create database as stated in your DB_DATABASE=
try running php artisan migrate again.

Answer 3

First set your Laravel .env file
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=todo
DB_USERNAME=forge
DB_PASSWORD=forge
if so then run:
php artisan config:clear