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Re: SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'magento'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
My database password has special characters. I added a backslash before the special characters I neglected to escape and it worked. If your password contains special characters that aren't escaped, try adding a backslash before them.