Laravel migration and accessing database error [duplicate] - mysql

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Can't figure out the problem with the database migration or accessing the right database. There exist the users database with data but for some reason I can't access it when I use laravel framework. Please take a look at the error and what I am doing. Thank you.
Error:
Exception
SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146 Table 'database.users' doesn't exist (SQL:
select * from `users`) (Bindings: array ( ))
Database.php:
<?php
return array(
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| PDO Fetch Style
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| By default, database results will be returned as instances of the PHP
| stdClass object; however, you may desire to retrieve records in an
| array format for simplicity. Here you can tweak the fetch style.
|
*/
'fetch' => PDO::FETCH_CLASS,
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| 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' => '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' => array(
'sqlite' => array(
'driver' => 'sqlite',
'database' => __DIR__.'/../database/production.sqlite',
'prefix' => '',
),
'mysql' => array(
'driver' => 'mysql',
'host' => 'localhost',
'database' => 'database',
'username' => 'root',
'password' => 'root',
'charset' => 'utf8',
'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
'prefix' => '',
),
'pgsql' => array(
'driver' => 'pgsql',
'host' => 'localhost',
'database' => 'database',
'username' => 'root',
'password' => '',
'charset' => 'utf8',
'prefix' => '',
'schema' => 'public',
),
'sqlsrv' => array(
'driver' => 'sqlsrv',
'host' => 'localhost',
'database' => 'database',
'username' => 'root',
'password' => '',
'prefix' => '',
),
),
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| 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 have not actually be run in the databases.
|
*/
'migrations' => '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' => array(
'cluster' => true,
'default' => array(
'host' => '127.0.0.1',
'port' => 6379,
'database' => 0,
),
),
);
Users.php file:
use Illuminate\Auth\UserInterface;
use Illuminate\Auth\Reminders\RemindableInterface;
class User extends Eloquent implements UserInterface, RemindableInterface {
/**
* The database table used by the model.
*
* #var string
*/
protected $table = 'users';
/**
* The attributes excluded from the model's JSON form.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $hidden = array('password');
/**
* Get the unique identifier for the user.
*
* #return mixed
*/
public function getAuthIdentifier()
{
return $this->getKey();
}
/**
* Get the password for the user.
*
* #return string
*/
public function getAuthPassword()
{
return $this->password;
}
/**
* Get the e-mail address where password reminders are sent.
*
* #return string
*/
public function getReminderEmail()
{
return $this->email;
}
}
routes.php file:
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Application Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here is where you can register all of the routes for an application.
| It's a breeze. Simply tell Laravel the URIs it should respond to
| and give it the Closure to execute when that URI is requested.
|
*/
Route::get('/', function()
{
return View::make('hello');
});
Route::get('/users', function()
{
$users = User::all();
return View::make('users')->with('users' , $users);
});
layout.blade.php:
<html>
<body>
<h1>Laravel Quickstart</h1>
#yield('content')
</body>
</html>
users.php file:
#extends('layout')
#section('content')
#foreach($users as $user)
<p>{{ $user->name}}</p>
#endforeach
#stop
2013_07_02_170745_create_users_table file(migration):
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
class CreateUsersTable extends Migration {
public function up()
{
Schema::create('users', function($table)
{
$table->increments('id');
$table->string('email')->unique();
$table->string('name');
$table->timestamps();
});
}
public function down()
{
Schema::drop('users');
}
}

Answer 1

in database.php:
'mysql' => array(
'driver' => 'mysql',
'host' => 'localhost',
'database' => 'database', // <--- Change THIS to your DB name
'username' => 'root',
'password' => 'root',
'charset' => 'utf8',
'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
'prefix' => '',
),