laravel database test and production code example
Example: how to separate test database in laravel unit test
'mysql_testing' => [
'driver' => 'mysql',
'host' => env('TESTING_DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
'database' => env('TESTING_DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
'username' => env('TESTING_DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
'password' => env('TESTING_DB_PASSWORD', ''),
'charset' => 'utf8',
'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
'prefix' => '',
'strict' => false,
],
TESTING_DB_HOST=localhost
TESTING_DB_DATABASE=homestead_testing
TESTING_DB_USERNAME=homestead
TESTING_DB_PASSWORD=secret
php artisan migrate —database=mysql_testing
<env name="DB_CONNECTION" value="mysql_testing"/>