title: How to fix "Illuminate\Database\QueryException: SQLSTATE[HY000] [1044] Access denied for user"
body: <p>I tried to run: <code>php artisan migrate</code></p>
  <p>Also to connect to MySQL using Xampp on Windows.</p>
  <p>I Got this error:</p>
  <pre><code>Illuminate\Database\QueryException  : SQLSTATE[HY000] [1044] Access
  denied for user ''@'localhost' to database 'homestead' (SQL: select *
  from information_schema.tables where table_schema = homestead and
  table_name = migrations)
  
    at
  C:\Users\harsh\Laravel1\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Database\Connection.php:664
      660|         // If an exception occurs when attempting to run a query, we'll format the error
      661|         // message to include the bindings with SQL, which will make this exception a
      662|         // lot more helpful to the developer instead of just the database's errors.
      663|         catch (Exception $e) {
    &gt; 664|             throw new QueryException(
      665|                 $query, $this-&gt;prepareBindings($bindings), $e
      666|             );
      667|         }
      668|  Exception trace:
  
    1   PDOException::(&quot;SQLSTATE[HY000] [1044] Access denied for user
  ''@'localhost' to database 'homestead'&quot;)
        C:\Users\harsh\Laravel1\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Database\Connectors\Connector.php:70
  
    2  
  PDO::__construct(&quot;mysql:host=127.0.0.1;port=3306;dbname=homestead&quot;,
  &quot;homestead&quot;, &quot;&quot;, [])
        C:\Users\harsh\Laravel1\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Database\Connectors\Connector.php:70
  
    Please use the argument -v to see more details.
  </code></pre>
  <p><strong>.env file:</strong></p>
  <pre><code>DB_CONNECTION=mysql 
  DB_HOST=127.0.0.1 
  DB_PORT=3306 
  DB_DATABASE=homestead 
  DB_USERNAME=homestead 
  DB_PASSWORD=
  </code></pre>