How to connect Laravel to MAMP mysql on Mac

Question

Here is my Laravel Database config

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=8889
DB_DATABASE=carnet
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=root

But i keep getting this error

SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

Answer 1

Try changing the host from localhost to 127.0.0.1 and check if it connects.