Valet MySQL Issue

Buenas! Buenas!

I had to deal with this issue while installing Valet+ on two different computers running macOS Mojave so I thought I'd share my recipe.

⚠️ Make sure to back-up your database if you already have data in it.

First, uninstall MySQL

brew uninstall mysql
brew uninstall mysql@5.7
brew cleanup
rm -rf /usr/local/var/mysql
rm /usr/local/etc/my.cnf

Now lets install MySQL 5.7

brew install mysql@5.7

You might have to link MySQL since 5.7 is not the latest version available in Homebrew (makes me wonder if this is the root of this issue)

brew link --force mysql@5.7

Run the service

brew services start mysql@5.7

Re-install Valet+

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