'I am trying to migrate the table I have created but I keep getting an error that my database is unknown.I use XAMPP 3.3

SQLSTATE[HY000] [1049] Unknown database 'laravel' (SQL: select * from information_schema.tables where table_schema = laravel and table_name = migrations and table_type = 'BASE TABLE')



Solution 1:[1]

found this somewhere and it was helpful

The DB_USERNAME should be set to root if you do not have a default username

If no password is set on the database, clear it DB_PASSWORD

After completion of .env edit must be clear cache: php artisan config:cache

After Run the migrate Artisan command: php artisan migrate

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Solution 1 Asante Williams Amoako