Lumen connecting to multiple databases using DB_ connections in .env - Possible? - lumen

Question

I can see how to have multiple connections using a configuration file in app/config/database.php and this is well documented.
Is this the only way or can you also define multiple connections using the .env file?

Answer 1

First, you'll need to configure your connections. You need to create a config directory in your project and add the file config/database.php. Like this:
<?php
return [
'default' => 'mysql',
'connections' => [
'mysql' => [
'driver' => 'mysql',
'host' => 'localhost',
'database' => 'homestead',
'username' => 'root',
'password' => 'secret',
'charset' => 'utf8',
'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
'prefix' => '',
'strict' => false,
],
'mysql2' => [
'driver' => 'mysql',
'host' => 'localhost',
'database' => 'homestead2',
'username' => 'root',
'password' => 'secret',
'charset' => 'utf8',
'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
'prefix' => '',
'strict' => false,
],
],
Once you've added your connection configurations, you can access them by getting the database manager object out of the container and calling ->connection('connection_name'). See below for a full example.
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Database\DatabaseManager;
class StatsController extends Controller
{
/**
* #return array
*/
public function getLatest()
{
// Resolve dependencies out of container
/** #var DatabaseManager $db */
$db = app('db');
$database1 = $db->connection('mysql');
$database2 = $db->connection('mysql2');
// Look up 3 newest users and 3 newest blog posts
$threeNewestUsers = $database1->select("SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 3");
$threeLatestPosts = $database2->select("SELECT * FROM blog_posts ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 3");
return [
"new_users" => $threeNewestUsers,
"new_posts" => $threeLatestPosts,
];
}
}
http://andyfleming.com/configuring-multiple-database-connections-in-lumen-without-facades/