SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) (SQL: select * from `users` where `email` = [email protected] limit 1)

@Alpha0_0 the error states that the username/password combo you're using to connect to the database is incorrect. check your .env file and see if the database credentials matches a database user that has access.

APP_NAME=Laravel APP_ENV=local APP_KEY=Key APP_DEBUG=true APP_LOG_LEVEL=debug APP_URL=http://localhost

DB_CONNECTION=mysql DB_HOST=127.0.0.1 DB_PORT=3306 DB_DATABASE=homestead DB_USERNAME=root DB_PASSWORD=

Above is mine .env

I have made homestead db in xampp... what i am missing.. i am really confused with vagrant database and normal xampp database..

is your 'homestead' database located within homestead, or is it on your host computer? (edit - you said you created it on xampp - read below)

homestead creates its own database on the homestead vm (not your host computer). If you leave the default .env settings alone, it should be able to connect to it using the default settings without any further alteration.

I have a feeling you created a homestead db on your local host computer, but laravel is trying to connect to the one on your homestead vm. In your .env, 127.0.0.1 refers to the homestead vm, not your host computer.

The default settings for homestead are:

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=homestead
DB_USERNAME=homestead
DB_PASSWORD=secret

And homestead automatically creates a db named homestead, with user homestead and a password of secret during installation. So it should work out of the box.