connecting to database issue in laravel 5.1 - php

Question

I am new to laravel and while trying to connect to database in localhost using xammp iam getting an error that
SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'homestead'#'localhost' (using password: YES)
my connection code is that
'mysql' => [
'driver' => 'mysql',
'host' => env('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'hindutemples'),
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'root'),
'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
'charset' => 'utf8',
'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
'prefix' => '',
'strict' => false,
],
but 'hindutemples' database exists i dnt know why it is trying to connect with homestead
Any help appreciated.

Answer 1

rename .env.example to .env. Then set appropriate values in .env files. It should work.
UPDATE
Laravel 5 stores settings in .env file. Laravel 5 comes with default .env.example file in a root folder. If you can not find it in project root it may have been hidden.
You need to rename .env.example or create new .env file inside project root and put app settings in it like given below,
APP_ENV=local
APP_DEBUG=true
APP_KEY=0SewSBZ47SfA4vRV6o8BeW74PMFwPpoX
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_DATABASE=hindutemples
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=
CACHE_DRIVER=file
SESSION_DRIVER=file
QUEUE_DRIVER=sync
MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=mailtrap.io
MAIL_PORT=2525
MAIL_USERNAME=null
MAIL_PASSWORD=null
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
env() returns values from .env files. if it could not find setting in .env file it returns false or if supplied default e.g. env('DB_USERNAME', 'homestead') it will return default value. in your case it can not find .env setting so it is returning homestead as a username and hence error.
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