laravel Change Database connection run time

Question

I need to change laravel 5 database connection in run time.

Do you have any idea about it?

Please share with me.

Thanks.

Answer 1

You can change the connection details during run time using

Config::set('database.connections.mysql.database', 'other_database');

but don't forget to run purge before in order to delete the cache

DB::purge('mysql');