Laravel is not connecting to the php myadmin database

Question

I am trying to connect laravel application to php myadmin.

When DB_HOST=127.0.0.1 in my .env file

SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] Connection refused (SQL: select * from `sessions` where `id` = EO901DpTx4qUrgxMniyykEu84HrJGQESns0ySzlx limit 1)

and when DB_HOST=localhost in my .env file

SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No such file or directory (SQL: select * from `sessions` where `id` = WYha9n6qWtwN0YcAACdydQSgyHeMc1PcID2Mb6Ns limit 1)

What I’ve tried:

• changing the DB_HOST to localhost and 127.0.0.1 (most common answer online, no succes)
• making sure SQL is running
• clearing cachefor php artisan config:clear

my .env file is as follows

DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=haydar
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

my data.php file is as follows

            'driver' => 'mysql',
            'url' => env('DATABASE_URL'),
            'host' => env('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
            'port' => env('DB_PORT', '3306'),
            'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
            'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
            'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
            'unix_socket' => env('DB_SOCKET', ''),
            'charset' => 'utf8mb4',
            'collation' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
            'prefix' => '',
            'prefix_indexes' => true,
            'strict' => true,
            'engine' => null,
            'options' => extension_loaded('pdo_mysql') ? array_filter([
                PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA => env('MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA'),
            ]) : [],
        ],