Laravel 11 Can't create nor connect to MySQL on Install

[AllTheUserNamesAreGone]

Laravel Version

11.0.2

PHP Version

8.3.3

Database Driver & Version

No response

Description

Trying to install the new Laravel 11 for the first time and can not get it to connect to mysql. Have tried to create the DB manually and it fails and running php artisan migrate, where it asks to create the DB Laravel_11 as it correctly says that it doen't exist and gives:

SQLSTATE[HY000] [1049] Unknown database 'laravel_11' (Connection: mysql, SQL: select table_name as name, (data_length + index_length) as size, table_comment as comment, engine as engine, table_collation as collation from information_schema.tables where table_schema = 'laravel_11' and table_type in ('BASE TABLE', 'SYSTEM VERSIONED') order by table_name)

I have set the ENV variables which work fine for Laravel 10 and before. I have tried to create the DB manually and still doesn't work.

Steps To Reproduce

Laravel install Laravel_11

Install Jetstream and Livewire
Add Email verification and Dark

No to run migrations

Pick mysql as DB

[MNhat0308]

same issue

[subhananam]

facing the same issue using PHP 8.2.12 and Laravel 11.0.2 , select breeze using react

Edit found solution in

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78154387/laravel11-mysql-migration-problem-with-collation-general-error-1273-unknown-c

its about the changing of DB_COLLATION

[crynobone]

Can you try with the following configuration:

DB_COLLATION=(null)

[driesvints]

Please fill out your database driver and engine version and don't leave that field blank.

[AllTheUserNamesAreGone]

Can you try with the following configuration:

DB_COLLATION=(null)

This fixed it for me. Thank you.

[moerphie]

Same issue, with a slightly different error log:
SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] Connection refused (Connection: mysql, SQL: select table_name as `name`, (data_length + index_length) as `size`, table_comment as `comment`, engine as `engine`, table_collation as `collation` from information_schema.tables where table_schema = 'laravel_db' and table_type in ('BASE TABLE', 'SYSTEM VERSIONED') order by table_name)

[AllTheUserNamesAreGone]

Please fill out your database driver and engine version and don't leave that field blank.

Please fill out your database driver and engine version and don't leave that field blank.

Mysql - Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.39, for osx10.12 (x86_64)

[driesvints]

This is now fixed with v11.0.6. Thanks everyone.

[cyberfab007]

Still getting this error, MySQL latest, Laravel 11 latest, going back to 10

[cyberfab007]

DB_COLLATION=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
MYSQL_VERSION=latest
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=db
DB_PORT=6033
DB_DATABASE=app_db
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=my_secret_password

[driesvints]

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