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lamb/laravel-generic-database
=============================

A database driver for Laravel 4 that provides support for generic PDO drivers

v0.1.1(13y ago)11691MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Apr 19Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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laravel-generic-database
========================

[](#laravel-generic-database)

A database driver for Laravel 4 that provides support for generic PDO drivers

install
=======

[](#install)

composer.json
-------------

[](#composerjson)

Add a requirement for the package

```
{
    "require": {
        "lamb/laravel-generic-database": "dev-master"
    }
}
```

config/app.php
--------------

[](#configappphp)

Add it to the list of providers

```
'providers' => array(
  'Lamb\LaravelGenericDatabase\GenericDatabaseServiceProvider'
)
```

config/database.php
-------------------

[](#configdatabasephp)

Add a connection using the generic database driver

```
  'odbc' => array(
    'driver'   => 'generic',
    'dsn'      => 'odbc:DRIVER={IBM DB2 ODBC DRIVER};HOSTNAME=localhost;PORT=50000;DATABASE=SAMPLE;PROTOCOL=TCPIP;UID=db2inst1;PWD=ibmdb2;'
  ),
```

license
=======

[](#license)

Released under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

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

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

4771d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/682b595abea3ae45c3aa5223587e3c827c1c8a298790f194c086b4e12cafe6fe?d=identicon)[greglamb](/maintainers/greglamb)

---

Top Contributors

[![greglamb](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/23214?v=4)](https://github.com/greglamb "greglamb (14 commits)")

---

Tags

laraveldatabasepdogeneric

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