Creating Custom Database Connections in Lumen
A friend recently came to me with a question on how to create a database connection in Lumen without using using external services to define the configuration values of the connection. I made some suggestions, but it was an interesting quesiton so I decided to try tackling a sample myself as well.
I am not suggesting that the pattern described below for retrieving configuration values is a good idea. However, sometimes as developers we are required to work within certain constraints we cannot control.