How can someone change the default database type in Laravel?

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Laravel is configured to use MySQL by default.

To change its default database type, edit the file config/database.php:

  • Search for ‘default’ =>env(‘DB_CONNECTION’, ‘mysql’)
  • Change it to whatever required like ‘default’ =>env(‘DB_CONNECTION’, ‘sqlite’)
    By using it, MySQL changes to SQLite.

In Laravel, the default database type can be changed by modifying the configuration settings in the config/database.php file. The default database connection settings are typically located in this file. To change the default database type, you can follow these steps:

  1. Open the config/database.php file in your Laravel project.
  2. Locate the 'default' key within the 'connections' array. By default, it is set to 'mysql'.
  3. Update the 'default' value to the desired database type. For example, if you want to change it to PostgreSQL, you would set it to 'pgsql'.
  4. Save the changes to the database.php file.

Here’s an example of how the 'connections' array might look after changing the default database type to PostgreSQL:

php
'connections' => [

'mysql' => [
// MySQL connection settings
],

'pgsql' => [
// PostgreSQL connection settings
],

// Other database connections...

],

By changing the value of 'default' to 'pgsql', Laravel will now use PostgreSQL as the default database type. Make sure that the appropriate database driver is installed and configured in your Laravel environment for the chosen database type.