Laravel Multiple Database Connection

Laravel

For Laravel > 5.3

  • Add in .env file properties of the second connection (DB_HOST, DB_PORT, DB_DATABASE, DBUSERNAME, DB_PASSWORD)
  • Add second connection in config/database.php, connection array. Example: 
    'mysql2' => [
            'driver' => 'mysql',
            'host' => env('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
            'port' => env('DB_PORT', '3306'),
            'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
            'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
            'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
            'charset' => 'utf8mb4',
            'collation' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
            'prefix' => '',
            'prefix_indexes' => true,
            'strict' => true,
            'engine' => 'InnoDB ROW_FORMAT=DYNAMIC',
        ],
  • Make a connection 
    use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
$results = DB::connection('mysql2')->select...
  • Raw PDO event 
    $pdo = DB::connection('mysql2')->getPdo();
  • Specific table query 
    $pdo = DB::connection('mysql2')->table('tableName')->select....;