title: Illuminate\Database\QueryException : SQLSTATE[HY000] [1044] Access denied for user ''@'localhost' to database 'forge'
body: <p>I have downloaded a repo on github and created a database. I am trying to do migrations and am getting the below error</p>
  
  <p>Error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Illuminate\Database\QueryException  : SQLSTATE[HY000] [1044] Access denied for user ''@'localhost' to database 'forge' (SQL: select * from information_schema.tables where table_schema = forge and table_name = migrations and table_type = 'BASE TABLE')</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>This is my .env file</p>
  
  <pre><code>APP_NAME=Tafuta
  APP_ENV=local
  APP_KEY=base64:0IDLuBYdTssK55SeeQTmCJ3GHlJXsR6BahTeenXaf90=
  APP_DEBUG=true
  APP_URL=http://localhost
  
  LOG_CHANNEL=stack
  DB_CONNECTION=mysql
  DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
  DB_PORT=3306
  DB_DATABASE=TafutaM
  DB_USERNAME=root
  DB_PASSWORD=
  
  BROADCAST_DRIVER=log
  CACHE_DRIVER=file
  QUEUE_CONNECTION=sync
  SESSION_DRIVER=file
  SESSION_LIFETIME=120
  
  REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1
  REDIS_PASSWORD=null
  REDIS_PORT=6379
  
  MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
  MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailtrap.io
  MAIL_PORT=2525
  MAIL_USERNAME=null
  MAIL_PASSWORD=null
  MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
  
  AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
  AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
  AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1
  AWS_BUCKET=
  
  PUSHER_APP_ID=
  PUSHER_APP_KEY=
  PUSHER_APP_SECRET=
  PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER=mt1
  
  MIX_PUSHER_APP_KEY="${PUSHER_APP_KEY}"
  MIX_PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER="${PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER}"
  </code></pre>