Laravel PDOException SQLSTATE[HY000] [1049] Unknown database 'forge' - php

Question

I am using Laravel to connect to MySQL database and got this exception:
PDOException
SQLSTATE[HY000] [1049] Unknown database 'forge'
and this is my config.database.php
'mysql' => array(
'driver' => 'mysql',
'host' => 'localhost',
'database' => 'laravel',
'username' => 'Anastasie',
'password' => 'A#Laurent',
'charset' => 'utf8',
'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
'prefix' => '',
),
why is the error referring to PDO database? and why the forge database name? I have already changed it.
Should I do anything to tell Laravel that I am using MySQL database?
Update 1
I found this line
`protected $table = 'users';`
in my user.php file and I have changed it to
`protected $table = 'user';` because the table in my database is `user` not `users`
Update 2
I wrote this in my Route
Route::resource('users', 'UsersController');
and I added UsersController.php in my controllers folder
and inside UsersController.php I have this:
class UsersController extends BaseController {
/**
* Display a listing of the resource.
*
* #return Response
*/
public function index()
{
$users = User::all();
return View::make('users.index', compact('users'));
}
and I call this url http://localhost:8082/laravel/public/users/
I am using Windows 7 with Laravel 4.2

Answer 1

You have to clear the cache like that (because your old configuration is in you cache file) :
php artisan cache:clear
The pdo error comes from the fact Laravel use the pdo driver to connect to mysql

Answer 2

First you have to Create your related Database.
Then:php artisan cache:clear
Now run php artisan migrate:install
Hope your problem will get resolved.

Answer 3

Using phpMyAdmin (or whatever you prefer), I just created a database called "forge" and re-ran the php artisan migrate command and it all worked.

Answer 4

write
php artisan config:cache
in your terminal and it will be fixed

Answer 5

Sounds like you have an environment-specific config file somewhere that overrides the default database settings. Possibly app/config/local/database.php.

Answer 6

Note: Once it happened that I accidentally had a space before my database name such as mydatabase instead of mydatabase, phpmyadmin won't show the space, but if you run it from the command line interface of mysql, such as mysql -u the_user -p then show databases, you'll be able to see the space.

Answer 7

I had the same problem...
If you have set your DB name and username and pass correctly in .env file and its still not working run the blow code in terminal:(this will clean the caches that left from previous apps)
php artisan cache:clear
and then run the command php artisan serve again (if you are running it stop and run it again)

Answer 8

Stop the server then run php artisan cache:clear.
Start the server and should work now

Answer 9

Stop the server then run php artisan cache:clear.
Change .env file DB_PORT=3308 (3308 For me)
mysql port

Answer 10

I did all of them but didn't work, I find out should stop php artisan serve(Ctrl + C) and start php artisan serve again.

Answer 11

If you've used Homestead, make sure the database name in your .env file below
DB_DATABASE=homestead
Is the same as the value in your Homestead.yaml file.
databases:
- homestead

Answer 12

first clear your cache using this command
php artisan cache:clear
Then restart the server using this command
php artisan serve

Answer 13

In my case the error was due to incorrect port number (the error is definitely due to incorrect credentials i.e. host/port/dbname/username/password).
Solution:
right click on WAMP tray;
click (drag your cursor) on MySQL;
see the port number used by MySQL;
add same in your Laravel configuration:
.env file;
config/database.php.
Clear cache
php artisan config:cache
Run migration
php artisan migrate

Answer 14

Check your port in WAMP (it places on top of the phpMyAdmin) match with DB_port in the .env file.
My DB_port in .env is 3306. My server port in WAMP (phpMyAdmin) is 3308 - you should match them.

Answer 15

you need just create database or import your data by localhost phpMyAdmin and don't forget the name should be same named

Answer 16

Encountered this issue quite a few times, note that I'm running laravel via Vagrant. So here are the fixes that work for me:
Try again several times (refresh page)
Reload vagrant (vagrant reload)
You may try reloading your server instead of vagrant (ie MAMP)

Answer 17

OK, found solution.
In the file database.php, by default, it comes the "mysql" part:
'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', ''),
'charset' => 'utf8mb4',
'collation' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
'prefix' => '',
'strict' => true,
'engine' => null,
],
all you need to do is change the values :
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
by your database name (you must create one if you dont have any) and by that database username
like this
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'MyDatabase'),
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'MyUsername'),

Answer 18

Make sure you do not have a duplicated .env file in the laravel folder. If it exists, delete it. Only keep the .env file.

Answer 19

You need to modify the name of the DB in the file .env (and if need in .env.example)
I solved my problem with this little correction.

Answer 20

In my particular case, I finally realised that my phpMyAdmin was using port 3308 while Laravel was attempting to connect through 3306. so my advice would be to ensure you have the correct connection string!

Answer 21

Here is my response to the problem described in the question.
in cmd write:
php artisan cache:clear
then try to do this code in your terminal
php artisan serve
note:
this will start again the server

Answer 22

I had this problem for several days, it turns out if I created the db inside phpMyAdmin it wouldn't appear to Laravel,
so, I created the db through MySqlWorkbench, and it worked :)

Answer 23

clear your Cache php artisan cache:clear and then restart your server php artisan serve 127.0.0.1:8000

Answer 24

My APP_NAME variables in .env.example and .env and app.php were with space e.g. The App . Surounding that by ' and php artisan cache:clear and setting new generated app key to APP_KEY variable through env files and relaunching the server by php artisan serve solved this issue

Answer 25

In the fourth solution this question was answered but I prefer to answer again to explain this differently .
I make my database in phpmyadmin that is http://localhost/phpmyadmin and the problem was solved .this is my code :
<?php
$servername = "127.0.0.1";
$username = "root";
$password = "";
$dbname = "myDbn2";
try {
$conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;dbname=$dbname", $username, $password);
$conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
echo "Database created successfully<br>";
$sql = 'create table if not exists fruits (id integer , name text , color text
, price float) ;';
$conn->exec($sql);
echo 'the table created successfully </br>';
$sql2 = 'insert into fruits values (1 , "apple", "red" , 23.2);';
$conn->exec($sql2);
echo 'insert was successfully';
} catch (PDOException $e) {
echo $e->getMessage();
}
$conn = null;
?>
The code make a database then make a table and insert a record in it .
if you don't make your data base in phpmyadmin site you get the exception
also you don't need to use sql statement CREATE DATABASE name ; and it works without it .

Answer 26

php artisan config:cache
that command fix my 1049 database not found.

Answer 27

Every body have mentioned to php artisan cache:clear. Sometimes it doesn't work.
But in my experience after clearing the cache simply delete the database and create it again.Then run this again
php artisan migrate
Surely it will work.

Answer 28

I got this error because MySQL could not access the database configured in the environment file.
To resolve, I simply created the database that MySQL and the app needs and all works fine.

Answer 29

in my experience I had like this message error ,and i tray all of this solution but nothing to become good ,whay because my fault is i unstall Xampp and i read install again and i forget to create new Database with table that's way in the message say : "Unknown database" it's not exist simply ,now what i do is:
install Xampp (if you have problem in it ofcaurse)
i create now database + table
short you don't see the error message again .
NB ( I'm new in Programation )
< my conseil to be patient when you write your code >

Answer 30

Remove files from this path bootstrap\cache\