Connect to Laravel Homestead MySQL from inside and outside the host machine. https://medium.com/@morrislaptop/connect-to-laravel-homestead-mysql-from-inside-and-outside-the-host-machine-a117b3ba75f2

database.php

<?php

'mysql' => [
    'driver'    => 'mysql',
    'host'      => env('DB_HOST', 'homestead' == gethostname() ? 'localhost' : '127.0.0.1'),
    'database'  => env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
    'username'  => env('DB_USERNAME', 'homestead'),
    'password'  => env('DB_PASSWORD', 'secret'),
    'port'      => env('DB_PORT', 'homestead' == gethostname() ? null : 33060),
    'charset'   => 'utf8mb4',
    'collation' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
    'prefix' => '',
    'strict' => true,
    'engine' => null
],