So I have a site on Heroku, which loads fine as long I don't go to a page that requires a database connection. What happens when I do land on one of those pages, is I get this error:
PDOException in Connector.php line 55: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] Connection refused
I'm using db4free.net to try to access a MySQL database. This is my database.php file. The ****** masking the actual values.
'default' => env('DB_CONNECTION', 'mysql-production'),
'mysql-production' => [
'driver' => 'mysql',
'host' => env('DB_HOST', 'db4free.net'),
'port' => env('DB_PORT', '3306'),
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'en*******'),
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', '*******'),
'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', '*******'),
'unix_socket' => env('DB_SOCKET', ''),
'charset' => 'utf8mb4',
'collation' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
'prefix' => '',
'strict' => true,
'engine' => null,
],
This my env file:
APP_ENV=local
APP_DEBUG=true
APP_KEY=base64:tUWa6AteuAOfEAh/IKx3c13tJEzSmS4La8QdKlEgByQ=
APP_URL=http://localhost
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=enviro-2
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=
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=mailtrap.io
MAIL_PORT=2525
MAIL_USERNAME=null
MAIL_PASSWORD=null
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
The env file is ignored by git.
Prior to trying db4free.net I tried following the steps in this article https://mattstauffer.com/blog/laravel-on-heroku-using-a-postgresql-database/ but I still have the exact same problem. I also set the APP_KEY in the Heroku config variables to match the one in my env file.
Anyone have any ideas on why I get this error?
