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shakahl/laravel-eloquent-mysqli
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MySQLi driver (connector) for Laravel 8.x Eloquent database

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shakahl/laravel-eloquent-mysqli
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[](#shakahllaravel-eloquent-mysqli)

MySQLi driver (connector) for Laravel **8.x** Eloquent database

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

[](#installation)

- Install via composer

```
composer require shakahl/laravel-eloquent-mysqli
```

- After installing, add provider on config/app.php on your project.

```
// app.php

    'providers' => [
        ...

        'LaravelEloquentMySQLi\MySQLiServiceProvider',
    ],
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

You should configure your database connection to use the `mysqli` driver.

**Example**

```
//...
  'connections' => [
        'mysql' => [
            'driver'    => 'mysqli', // Sets mysqli driver
            'host'      => env('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
            'port'      => env('DB_PORT', 3306),
            'database'  => env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
            'username'  => env('DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
            'password'  => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
            'charset'   => env('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8'),
            'collation' => env('DB_COLLATION', 'utf8_unicode_ci'),
            'prefix'    => env('DB_PREFIX', ''),
            'timezone'  => env('DB_TIMEZONE', '+00:00'),
            'strict'    => env('DB_STRICT_MODE', false),
        ],
    ]
//...
```

Notes
-----

[](#notes)

### Accessing underlying mysqli instance

[](#accessing-underlying-mysqli-instance)

There are some inconsistent methods since Laravel only supports PDO officially. You can access the raw, underlying MySQLi instance using the following methods on a connection instance:

```
$mysqli = DB::connection()->getMySqli();
// or
$mysqli = DB::connection()->getReadMySqli();
// or
$mysqli = DB::connection()->getPdo();
// or
$mysqli = DB::connection()->getReadPdo();
```

### Escaping

[](#escaping)

Unfortunately PHP's mysqli driver does not support named parameter binding so this connector uses custom implementation for it.

###  Health Score

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Maintenance57

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity33

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity34

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 66.7% 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.

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### Community

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