title: php artisan migrate throws PDOException
body: <p>I found other thread with the same issue however I didn't fix it. The doc says I should just uncomment the extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll line which I did. I'm running Windows with xampp and I'm trying to connect to the MySql db.
  However I get this error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ php artisan migrate
  exception 'PDOException' with message 'SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for  user 'homestead'@'localhost' (using password: YES)' in C:\xampp\htdocs\your-project-name\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Database\Connectors\Connector.php:47
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I modified the database.php file with the right MySql credentials so I don't how why I get an error saying I'm trying to connect with the homestead username since I don't use it.
  I eventually tried to use homestead but I also get an error related to the PDO extension when I try to install it</p>