Example 1: laravel 8 app with more than one database
<?php use Illuminate\Support\Str; return [ 'default' => env('DB_CONNECTION', 'mysql'), 'connections' => [ ..... 'mysql' => [ 'driver' => 'mysql', 'url' => env('DATABASE_URL'), 'host' => env('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'), 'port' => env('DB_PORT', '3306'), 'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'), 'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'forge'), 'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''), 'unix_socket' => env('DB_SOCKET', ''), 'charset' => 'utf8mb4', 'collation' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci', 'prefix' => '', 'prefix_indexes' => true, 'strict' => true, 'engine' => null, 'options' => extension_loaded('pdo_mysql') ? array_filter([ PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA => env('MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA'), ]) : [], ], 'mysql2' => [ 'driver' => env('DB_CONNECTION_SECOND'), 'host' => env('DB_HOST_SECOND', '127.0.0.1'), 'port' => env('DB_PORT_SECOND', '3306'), 'database' => env('DB_DATABASE_SECOND', 'forge'), 'username' => env('DB_USERNAME_SECOND', 'forge'), 'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD_SECOND', ''), 'unix_socket' => '', 'charset' => 'utf8mb4', 'collation' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci', 'prefix' => '', 'prefix_indexes' => true, 'strict' => true, 'engine' => null, ],.....
Example 2: laravel 8 app with more than one database
DB_CONNECTION=mysqlDB_HOST=127.0.0.1DB_PORT=3306DB_DATABASE=mydatabaseDB_USERNAME=rootDB_PASSWORD=root DB_CONNECTION_SECOND=mysqlDB_HOST_SECOND=127.0.0.1DB_PORT_SECOND=3306DB_DATABASE_SECOND=mydatabase2DB_USERNAME_SECOND=rootDB_PASSWORD_SECOND=root