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rootinc/laravel-db-url
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Translates a database URL into Laravel database driver values.

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Laravel Database URL
====================

[](#laravel-database-url)

Drop-in package to translate a database URL into database config values. No more need to add logic to your `config/database.php` file.

This is meant to help prevent the need for manually parsing database URLs, like the ones that come from Heroku or AWS. It will take a URL and assign host, password, username, port, (etc.) components to the default driver or specific driver(s) of your choosing.

This **will override**, at runtime, any `default` database connection values for `host`, `port`, `username`, `password`, and `database`

> Laravel 5.8+ supports Database URL config officially. See [Laravel Database Config](https://laravel.com/docs/5.8/database#configuration).

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= 7.1.3
- Laravel 5.6 or 5.7

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

`$ composer require rootinc/laravel-db-url`

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

The package will automatically map the parsed values from the environment variable `DATABASE_URL` to the `default` database connection.

Add a `DATABASE_URL` entry to your `.env` or server environment with a URL to your default database. `DATABASE_URL=postgresql://username:password@localhost:5432/database-name`

This will overwrite database connection values for `host`, `port`, `username`, `password`, and `database`

Customization
-------------

[](#customization)

Override default behaviour by publishing the config file and setting values.

`$ php artisan vendor:publish --tag=db-url`

Set any database connections by supplying `default` or the key path, like `connections.pgsql`, or `redis`to have a URL mapped onto the connection at that key path.

config/db-url.php

```
return [
  'default' => 'SOME_DATABASE_URL', // "default" resolves key path from default key
  'connections.pgsql' => 'OTHER_PGSQL_URL', // Set the "pgsql" driver with different URL. Same when "default" set to "pgsql"
  'connections.mysql' => 'OTHER_MYSQL_URL', // Set the "mysql" driver with different URL
];

```

.env

```
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://username:password@localhost:5432/database-name
OTHER_MYSQL_URL=mysql://username:password@localhost:3306/db_example

```

###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 50% 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 ~133 days

Total

4

Last Release

2204d ago

Major Versions

v0.1.0 → v1.0.02019-03-28

v1.0.0 → v2.0.02019-04-09

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