SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'landon_app'#'localhost' - php

Question

I'm currently following a laravel/mysql tutorial on lynda and followed the following steps to create a database and connect it to my laravel framework.
The following steps helped name my database, change my user name, and password (in which it is no longer user:root, password:root):
1. CREATE DATABASE landon_app;
2. CREATE USER 'landon_app'#'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'landon_app';
3. GRANT ALL ON landon_app.* TO 'landon_app'#'localhost';
after doing so, I am able to run this on the command line: mysql -u -landon_app -plandon_app
and mysql is up and running.
BUT the problem is, after I create my migrations and set up the table architecture and everything, I get an error saying
SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'landon_app'#'localhost' (using password: YES) (SQL: select * from information_schema.tables where table_sc
hema = landon_app and table_name = migrations)
SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'landon_app'#'localhost' (using password: YES)
I've already updated my .env file also:
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=landon_app
DB_USERNAME=landon_app
DB_PASSWORD=landon_app
Why is that and has anyone else run into something similar? I figured since the command line mysql -u -landon_app -plandon_app is working, there shouldn't be a problem with php artisan migrate
Anything will help!
Thanks!
EDIT: config/database.php
<?php
return [
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Default Database Connection Name
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here you may specify which of the database connections below you wish
| to use as your default connection for all database work. Of course
| you may use many connections at once using the Database library.
|
*/
'default' => env('DB_CONNECTION', 'mysql'),
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Database Connections
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here are each of the database connections setup for your application.
| Of course, examples of configuring each database platform that is
| supported by Laravel is shown below to make development simple.
|
|
| All database work in Laravel is done through the PHP PDO facilities
| so make sure you have the driver for your particular database of
| choice installed on your machine before you begin development.
|
*/
'connections' => [
'sqlite' => [
'driver' => 'sqlite',
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', database_path('database.sqlite')),
'prefix' => '',
],
'mysql' => [
'driver' => 'mysql',
'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' => '',
'strict' => true,
'engine' => null,
],
'pgsql' => [
'driver' => 'pgsql',
'host' => env('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
'port' => env('DB_PORT', '5432'),
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
'charset' => 'utf8',
'prefix' => '',
'schema' => 'public',
'sslmode' => 'prefer',
],
'sqlsrv' => [
'driver' => 'sqlsrv',
'host' => env('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
'port' => env('DB_PORT', '1433'),
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
'charset' => 'utf8',
'prefix' => '',
],
],
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Migration Repository Table
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This table keeps track of all the migrations that have already run for
| your application. Using this information, we can determine which of
| the migrations on disk haven't actually been run in the database.
|
*/
'migrations' => 'migrations',
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Redis Databases
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Redis is an open source, fast, and advanced key-value store that also
| provides a richer set of commands than a typical key-value systems
| such as APC or Memcached. Laravel makes it easy to dig right in.
|
*/
'redis' => [
'client' => 'predis',
'default' => [
'host' => env('REDIS_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
'password' => env('REDIS_PASSWORD', null),
'port' => env('REDIS_PORT', 6379),
'database' => 0,
],
],
];

Answer 1

Probably PHP is using a TCP connection and not a socket connection. In this case, you need permission for 127.0.0.1.
1. CREATE USER 'landon_app'#'127.0.0.1' IDENTIFIED BY 'landon_app';
2. GRANT ALL ON landon_app.* TO 'landon_app'#'127.0.0.1';
Or you need to specify the DB_SOCKET to define your socket. You can get this information using the command below:
mysql > show variables like '%socket%';
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------------+
| performance_schema_max_socket_classes | 10 |
| performance_schema_max_socket_instances | -1 |
| socket | **/tmp/mysql_sandbox45007.sock** |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------------+
3 rows in set (0.01 sec)
Here is an example:
mysql -uroot -pmsandbox -S /tmp/mysql_sandbox45007.sock
And your .env:
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=landon_app
DB_USERNAME=landon_app
DB_PASSWORD=landon_app
DB_SOCKET=<socket>

Answer 2

You will also need to add privileges to information_schema database:
GRANT ALL ON `information_schema`.* TO 'landon_app'#'localhost';
(Followed by: FLUSH PRIVILEGES; to apply changes.)