Laravel 5.1 - Checking a Database Connection

Question

I am trying to check if a database is connected in Laravel.

I\'ve looked around the documentation and can\'t find anything. The closest thing I\'ve found is this, bu

Answer 1

You can use alexw's solution with the Artisan. Run following commands in the command line.

php artisan tinker
DB::connection()->getPdo();

If connection is OK, you should see

CONNECTION_STATUS: "Connection OK; waiting to send.",

near the end of the response.