Laravel 5.3 wont connect to mysql - php

Question

I created a new user on my Macbook Air (OS X Version 10.11.2). The new user has full administrator access. I'm using MAMP. The MySQL port is set to 3306. I can connect to MySQL with everything else just fine. All of my Laravel projects stopped connecting to MySQL. When i try to use
php artisan migrate
I get:
[PDOException]
SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] Connection refused
Here is the database portion of my .env:
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=store
DB_USERNAME=clerk
DB_PASSWORD=inventory
I have tried using the root user and password. I have tried using different ports. I have tried switching the host to localhost. I have verified that the username and password are correct, and that the user has access to the database.
Here is the MySQL portion of my config/database.php file:
'mysql' => [
'driver' => 'mysql',
'host' => env('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
'port' => env('DB_PORT', '3306'),
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'store'),
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'clerk'),
'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', 'inventory'),
'charset' => 'utf8',
'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
'prefix' => '',
'strict' => true,
'engine' => null,
],
I have been searching for a few days, and i can't seem to find the answer. My old Laravel 5.2 projects won't connect either. I'm pretty sure that this was caused by creating a new user, but i don't know enough about MySQL to figure out the problem.

Answer 1

Having followed troubleshooting processes as I've suggested in comments below your question, all should be working as expected.
Should that not be the case, you must be missing something; ... a PATH issue I presume.
I suggest you export your database, uninstall your MySQL, then download a new one at here.
Follow the approach elaborated here for a possible fix.
With this, your challenge will surely be addressed.

Answer 2

Try changing your db_host = localhost:3306

Answer 3

You define an engine = null. The engine is used inside the MySqlGrammar.php specifically when compiling a create query as far as I know. I have only seen null engines for VIEWS.
Try the following config:
'mysql' => [
'driver' => 'mysql',
'host' => env('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
'port' => env('DB_PORT', '3306'),
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'store'),
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'clerk'),
'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', 'inventory'),
'charset' => 'utf8',
'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
'prefix' => '',
],
You did mention it in your question and take it that the following works from a terminal
mysql -uclerk -pinventory -h127.0.0.1 -P3306 store
Could be that it needs to be
mysql -uclerk -pinventory -hlocalhost -P3306 store
Something else you can check with just an info.php file in your project to double check that everything seems fine with the reference to PDO as a module.
<?php
phpinfo();
Then also play around with just a little PDO php script to see if your connection is working properly. Something like:
<?php
$servername = "127.0.0.1";
$username = "clerk";
$password = "inventory";
try {
$conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;port=3306;dbname=store;", $username, $password);
$conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
echo "Connected successfully";
} catch (PDOException $e) {
echo "Connection failed: " . $e->getMessage();
}
Something else you can also check inside a dummy route what env('DB_DATABASE') etc gives you.
Updated things to check 2016.09.15
To make sure that env() is fetching the correct information include the route below and then include the output of the following:
Route::get('dbtest', function () {
$config = [
'host' => env('DB_HOST'),
'port' => env('DB_PORT'),
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE'),
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME'),
'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD'),
];
dd($config);
});
Then also access mysql as the root user and include the output of the select statement:
mysql> select host, user, password, authentication_string, password_expired from mysql.user;
As you are using MAMP make sure to use the mysql commandline tool from /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql

Answer 4

It's been solved. After a few hours of pulling my hair out, i decided to take #nyedidikeke advice and re-install mysql. I was using MAMP, and I have been wanting to stop using it for a while. I uninstalled it, and installed mysql through Homebrew. Everything is working just fine, thanks for all your help!