Doctrine cannot connect to database in Symfony2 using Mamp - php

Question

I'm trying to create database through doctrine.
php app/console doctrine:database:create
When I run the command above, I receive the following errors:
[Doctrine\DBAL\Exception\ConnectionException]
An exception occured in driver: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] Connection refused
[Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDOException]
SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] Connection refused
[PDOException]
SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] Connection refused
What I have tried
This symbolic link creation did not work for me.
sudo ln -s /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock mysql.sock
I've tried with both
database_host: localhost and database_host: 127.0.0.1 nothing changed.
I know that my MySQL port is 8889 as I can see on MAMP.
I could not check the option Allow network access to MySQL under MySQL tab on MAMP since I do not have MAMP Pro
Here are my configuration files
config.yml
imports:
- { resource: parameters.yml }
- { resource: security.yml }
- { resource: services.yml }
- { resource: "#FatihTestBundle/Resources/config/services.yml" }
# Put parameters here that don't need to change on each machine where the app is deployed
# http://symfony.com/doc/current/best_practices/configuration.html#application-related-configuration
parameters:
locale: en
framework:
#esi: ~
#translator: { fallbacks: ["%locale%"] }
secret: "%secret%"
router:
resource: "%kernel.root_dir%/config/routing.yml"
strict_requirements: ~
form: ~
csrf_protection: ~
validation: { enable_annotations: true }
#serializer: { enable_annotations: true }
templating:
engines: ['twig']
default_locale: "%locale%"
trusted_hosts: ~
trusted_proxies: ~
session:
# handler_id set to null will use default session handler from php.ini
handler_id: ~
fragments: ~
http_method_override: true
# Twig Configuration
twig:
debug: "%kernel.debug%"
strict_variables: "%kernel.debug%"
cache: false
# Doctrine Configuration
doctrine:
dbal:
driver: pdo_mysql
host: "%database_host%"
port: "%database_port%"
dbname: "%database_name%"
user: "%database_user%"
password: "%database_password%"
charset: UTF8
# if using pdo_sqlite as your database driver:
# 1. add the path in parameters.yml
# e.g. database_path: "%kernel.root_dir%/data/data.db3"
# 2. Uncomment database_path in parameters.yml.dist
# 3. Uncomment next line:
# path: "%database_path%"
orm:
auto_generate_proxy_classes: "%kernel.debug%"
naming_strategy: doctrine.orm.naming_strategy.underscore
auto_mapping: true
# Swiftmailer Configuration
swiftmailer:
transport: "%mailer_transport%"
host: "%mailer_host%"
username: "%mailer_user%"
password: "%mailer_password%"
spool: { type: memory }
parameters.yml:
# This file is auto-generated during the composer install
parameters:
database_host: localhost
database_port: 8889
database_name: todo
database_user: root
database_password: root
mailer_transport: smtp
mailer_host: 127.0.0.1
mailer_user: null
mailer_password: null
secret: fgnfgmngfm

Answer 1

php app/console cache:clear
The problem was because of cache, I received error messages not matter what I did. The command above that clears the cache and
changing the database port to 3306 in both MAMP and paramteters.yml has solved the problem.

Answer 2

Check your DNS settings. If you are not using a VPN, turn it off.
You can test the connection with "Sequel PRO"
Hostname : localhost - 127.0.0.1 - IP Adress
Password : 1234 - root
If they do not solve the problem check the user permissions.
mysql database -> user table