title: Error when i deploying Laravel project on free host (000webhostapp.com)
body: <p>When I deploying my Laravel project on free host called <strong>000webhostapp.com</strong>,
  I got this error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] Connection refused (SQL: select * from <code>posts</code>
    order by <code>created_at</code> desc limit 10)</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I tried by creating a database there and also I connected with phpmyadmin.</p>
  
  <p>My config/database.php file is :</p>
  
  <pre><code>    &lt;?php
  
  return [
  
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | Default Database Connection Name
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |
      | Here you may specify which of the database connections below you wish
      | to use as your default connection for all database work. Of course
      | you may use many connections at once using the Database library.
      |
      */
  
      'default' =&gt; env('DB_CONNECTION', 'mysql'),
  
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | Database Connections
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |
      | Here are each of the database connections setup for your application.
      | Of course, examples of configuring each database platform that is
      | supported by Laravel is shown below to make development simple.
      |
      |
      | All database work in Laravel is done through the PHP PDO facilities
      | so make sure you have the driver for your particular database of
      | choice installed on your machine before you begin development.
      |
      */
  
      'connections' =&gt; [
  
          'sqlite' =&gt; [
              'driver' =&gt; 'sqlite',
              'database' =&gt; env('DB_DATABASE', database_path('database.sqlite')),
              'prefix' =&gt; '',
          ],
  
          'mysql' =&gt; [
              'driver' =&gt; 'mysql',
              'host' =&gt; 'DB_HOST', 'localhost',
              'database' =&gt; 'DB_DATABASE', 'id5155399_laravel',
              'username' =&gt; 'DB_USERNAME', 'id5155399_victorhugoe',
              'password' =&gt; 'DB_PASSWORD', 'ay942006',
              'unix_socket' =&gt; 'DB_SOCKET', '',
              'charset' =&gt; 'utf8mb4',
              'collation' =&gt; 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
              'prefix' =&gt; '',
              'strict' =&gt; true,
              'engine' =&gt; null,
          ],
  
          'pgsql' =&gt; [
              'driver' =&gt; 'pgsql',
              'host' =&gt; env('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
              'port' =&gt; env('DB_PORT', '5432'),
              'database' =&gt; env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
              'username' =&gt; env('DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
              'password' =&gt; env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
              'charset' =&gt; 'utf8',
              'prefix' =&gt; '',
              'schema' =&gt; 'public',
              'sslmode' =&gt; 'prefer',
          ],
  
          'sqlsrv' =&gt; [
              'driver' =&gt; 'sqlsrv',
              'host' =&gt; env('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
              'port' =&gt; env('DB_PORT', '1433'),
              'database' =&gt; env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
              'username' =&gt; env('DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
              'password' =&gt; env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
              'charset' =&gt; 'utf8',
              'prefix' =&gt; '',
          ],
  
      ],
  
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | Migration Repository Table
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |
      | This table keeps track of all the migrations that have already run for
      | your application. Using this information, we can determine which of
      | the migrations on disk haven't actually been run in the database.
      |
      */
  
      'migrations' =&gt; 'migrations',
  
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | Redis Databases
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |
      | Redis is an open source, fast, and advanced key-value store that also
      | provides a richer set of commands than a typical key-value systems
      | such as APC or Memcached. Laravel makes it easy to dig right in.
      |
      */
  
      'redis' =&gt; [
  
          'client' =&gt; 'predis',
  
          'default' =&gt; [
              'host' =&gt; env('REDIS_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
              'password' =&gt; env('REDIS_PASSWORD', null),
              'port' =&gt; env('REDIS_PORT', 6379),
              'database' =&gt; 0,
          ],
  
      ],
  
  ];
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And my .env file is :</p>
  
  <pre><code>APP_NAME=Laravel
  APP_ENV=local
  APP_KEY=base64:vSPcSzSYn5vSsZ0m5caAdG7QSGNltPbsHe/6a8tmWms=
  APP_DEBUG=true
  APP_LOG_LEVEL=debug
  APP_URL=http://localhost
  
  DB_CONNECTION=mysql
  DB_HOST=localhost
  DB_PORT=3306
  DB_DATABASE=id5155399_laravel
  DB_USERNAME=id5155399_victorhugo
  DB_PASSWORD=*******
  
  BROADCAST_DRIVER=log
  CACHE_DRIVER=file
  SESSION_DRIVER=file
  QUEUE_DRIVER=sync
  
  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
  
  PUSHER_APP_ID=
  PUSHER_APP_KEY=
  PUSHER_APP_SECRET=
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If someone can address my problem, you welcome.
  Thanks</p>