How can I handle subdomains with one laravel installation

Question

I am creating a laravel project for which I need one laravel installation and use its instance in sub-domain with separate database. And th

Answer 1

I would do that way:

• Create one database per domain

• Set up the available DB connections in laravel config/database.php :

'connections' => [

     'mysql_domain_1' => [
        'driver'    => 'mysql',
        /* other config values... */
    ],

    'mysql_domain_2' => [
        'driver'    => 'mysql',
        /* other config values... */
    ]
];

• In the early fase of the request cycle (for example in a Middleware), get the sub-domain from the request, and set the current DB connection accordingly

  For example create a middleware and in the handle method:

public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
    //check the request URL and get subdomain

    //get the db connection associated to the subdomain 

    //set the connection for this request
    Config::set('database.default', $dbConnection);
} 

Config::set('database.default', $dbConnection ); will set the db connection used by the whole application for the current request cycle