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Are you using an external db or is the db host mysql.loopia.se on the same server as your application ?
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SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] Connection refused on shared hosting
I connect with vanilla php statement on shared hosting and on the local machine to that machine. But it doesn't work my shared hosting.
DB_CONNECTION=mysql DB_HOST=mysql.loopia.se DB_PORT=3306 DB_DATABASE=databasename DB_USERNAME=username DB_PASSWORD=password
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@gych I don't know. I tried it as extrenal db and it works in pure php but not in laravel
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@BlueSilver When you tried it with vanilla php, was that on the same server you can't make the connection with laravel ?
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@gych I tried it on shared hosting with vanilla php and it works. It is with Laravel that is not working.
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@BlueSilver Try to run php artisan config:clear to clear the cached config.
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Have you checked the guides on their homepage?
Wild guess here is that you are Swedish, so here is a link
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@Tray2 I'm not. I tried in pure PHP. It worked on server.
Did you tried to connect in SQL via command line? Maybe you have a mistake in DB_HOST variable.
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