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jtgrimes/laravel-db2-bridge
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Brings Laravel's database tools and Eloquent models to db2

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laravel-db2-bridge
==================

[](#laravel-db2-bridge)

Use Laravel's database and Eloquent tools on DB2 with no fuss

:WARNING: Heads Up :WARNING:
----------------------------

[](#warning-heads-up-warning)

This is a very very preliminary release of this package and should be used at your own risk. The code here does everything I need it to, but does not yet **fully** implement Laravel's database or Eloquent components. Suggestions are gratefully accepted. Pull Requests are even more gratefully accepted.

License
=======

[](#license)

LaravelDB2Bridge is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT), the same license Laravel uses.

Requirements
============

[](#requirements)

LaravelDB2Bridge wraps PHP's native db2\_\* database functions to be called from Laravel. You must have the [`ibm_db2` extension](https://secure.php.net/manual/en/book.ibm-db2.php) installed to use this package.

Installation
============

[](#installation)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require jtgrimes\laravel-db2-bridge

```

Once Composer has installed or updated your packages, you need to register LaravelDB2Bridge with Laravel itself. Open up `/config/app.php` and find the providers key towards the bottom and add:

```
'JTGrimes\LaravelDB2\DB2ServiceProvider'

```

Configuration
=============

[](#configuration)

When you use LaravelDB2Bridge, DB2 becomes just another database driver in Laravel. To configure your database, open `/config/database.php` and add the following to the `connections` array:

```
     'db2' => [
         'username'   => env('DB_USERNAME'),
         'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD'),
         'dbname'   => '*LOCAL',
         'options' => [
             'i5_libl' => 'QTEMP OTHERLIB ANOTHEROTHERLIB',
             'i5_naming' => 'DB2_I5_NAMING_OFF',
             ...
          ],
     ],

```

Obviously, you can tweak those settings to suit your needs. All of the [connection options](https://secure.php.net/manual/en/function.db2-connect.php) are available and can be set in the `options` array.

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

Use Laravel's [database](https://laravel.com/docs/5.3/database) and [Eloquent](https://laravel.com/docs/5.3/eloquent)packages as you usually would.

Credits
=======

[](#credits)

[Taylor Otwell](https://twitter.com/taylorotwell) wrote [Laravel](http://laravel.com/) which is awesome, but he shares no blame for this package. [Alan Seiden](https://twitter.com/alanseiden) deserves a little blame for encouraging me to release this package. If you're running PHP on the IBM iSeries, he's *the* guy to hit up for help.

###  Health Score

16

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LowBetter than 4% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

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