title: Git Cloned Laravel Project failing at php artisan migrate and php artisan db:seed
body: <p>I git cloned a repository for a project written in Laravel/PHP. I was able to get most things running locally and I was able to create the initial migrations folder but I'm stuck at the seeding and table creation point (?). I keep get the following errors:</p>
  
  <pre><code>In Connection.php line 664:
  
    SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146 Table 'lara_dev.users' doesn't exist (SQL: alter table `users` add `avatar` varchar(255   
    ) null default 'users/default.png' after `email`, add `role_id` int null after `id`)
  
  
  In PDOStatement.php line 144:
  
    SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146 Table 'lara_dev.users' doesn't exist  
  
  
  In PDOStatement.php line 142:
  
    SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146 Table 'lara_dev.users' doesn't exist  
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>*lara_dev is the local database's name. I created it directly in my MySQL local client terminal after git cloning the project, it was NOT created by any commands executed in the terminal.</p>
  
  <p>Also: </p>
  
  <p>The database folder has three folders inside: factories, migrations, and seeds. From what I see and understand, the files inside are configured correctly and the database should be created without issues and without having to edit these files. </p>
  
  <p>I do NOT have a WAMP server, I'm simply using php's built in server through the command 'php artisan serve'.</p>
  
  <p>Solutions I've tried so far that haven't worked: </p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><p>php artisan cache:clear //Clears the cache but that's about it.</p></li>
  <li><p>php artisan migrate:fresh --seed  //Same errors but also drops any tables that were there before.</p></li>
  <li><p>php artisan migrate:refresh --seed // Gives 'nothing to rollback' message.</p></li>
  <li><p>php artisan db:seed //Same errors</p></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>I haven't been able to find any solutions here on Stack that work for my situation. Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p>
  
  <p>Please take into account I am relatively new to PHP, but not to coding, and I've been able to get things running for the most part, I'm just stuck here. If I can provide additional information, please let me know. Thanks in advance!</p>