2.14.2.3. Setting up a database connection in Laravel

Warning!

The connection will not work with localhost. The host address must be taken from the data to connect to the database.

Database connection data in Laravel are specified in the configuration file of the database settings:

  • In case of using a file .env you need to change the lines:
    DB_HOST=host DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=base_DB data_USERNAME=login DB_PASSWORD=password
  • In case of using a file config/database.php you need to change the lines:
    'mysql' => [
    'driver' => 'mysql',
    'host' => env('DB_HOST', 'host'),
    'port' => env('DB_PORT', '3306'),
    'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'base_data'),
    'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'login'),
    'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', 'password'),
    'unix_socket' => env('DB_SOCKET', ''),

Please note that after editing the configuration files, you may need to update the cache. The update is performed by the commands: 

php artisan config:clear
php artisan config:cache

You can select the required PHP version by instruction.

You can make changes to files using filemanager or any FTPclient.

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