Class Connection

Namespace: Laravel\Database
Located at laravel/database/connection.php

Methods summary
`public`	# `__construct( PDO $pdo, array $config )` Create a new database connection instance. Create a new database connection instance. Parameters `$pdo` `PDO` $pdo `$config` `array` $config
`public Laravel\Database\Query`	# `table( string $table )` Begin a fluent query against a table. Begin a fluent query against a table. // Start a fluent query against the "users" table $query = DB::connection()->table('users'); // Start a fluent query against the "users" table and get all the users $users = DB::connection()->table('users')->get(); Parameters `$table` `string` $table Returns `Laravel\Database\Query`
`protected Laravel\Database\Query\Grammars\Grammar`	# `grammar( )` Create a new query grammar for the connection. Create a new query grammar for the connection. Returns `Laravel\Database\Query\Grammars\Grammar`
`public boolean`	# `transaction( callable $callback )` Execute a callback wrapped in a database transaction. Execute a callback wrapped in a database transaction. Parameters `$callback` `callable` $callback Returns `boolean`
`public mixed`	# `only( string $sql, array $bindings = array() )` Execute a SQL query against the connection and return a single column result. Execute a SQL query against the connection and return a single column result. // Get the total number of rows on a table $count = DB::connection()->only('select count(*) from users'); // Get the sum of payment amounts from a table $sum = DB::connection()->only('select sum(amount) from payments') Parameters `$sql` `string` $sql `$bindings` `array` $bindings Returns `mixed`
`public object`	# `first( string $sql, array $bindings = array() )` Execute a SQL query against the connection and return the first result. Execute a SQL query against the connection and return the first result. // Execute a query against the database connection $user = DB::connection()->first('select * from users'); // Execute a query with bound parameters $user = DB::connection()->first('select * from users where id = ?', array($id)); Parameters `$sql` `string` $sql `$bindings` `array` $bindings Returns `object`
`public array`	# `query( string $sql, array $bindings = array() )` Execute a SQL query and return an array of StdClass objects. Execute a SQL query and return an array of StdClass objects. Parameters `$sql` `string` $sql `$bindings` `array` $bindings Returns `array`
`protected array`	# `execute( string $sql, array $bindings = array() )` Execute a SQL query against the connection. Execute a SQL query against the connection. The PDO statement and boolean result will be returned in an array. Parameters `$sql` `string` $sql `$bindings` `array` $bindings Returns `array`
`protected array`	# `fetch( PDOStatement $statement, integer $style )` Fetch all of the rows for a given statement. Fetch all of the rows for a given statement. Parameters `$statement` `PDOStatement` $statement `$style` `integer` $style Returns `array`
`protected`	# `log( string $sql, array $bindings, integer $start )` Log the query and fire the core query event. Log the query and fire the core query event. Parameters `$sql` `string` $sql `$bindings` `array` $bindings `$start` `integer` $start
`public string`	# `driver( )` Get the driver name for the database connection. Get the driver name for the database connection. Returns `string`
`public`	# `__call( mixed $method, mixed $parameters )` Magic Method for dynamically beginning queries on database tables. Magic Method for dynamically beginning queries on database tables.

Properties summary
`public PDO`	`$pdo`		# The raw PDO connection instance. The raw PDO connection instance.
`public array`	`$config`		# The connection configuration array. The connection configuration array.
`protected Laravel\Database\Query\Grammars\Grammar`	`$grammar`		# The query grammar instance for the connection. The query grammar instance for the connection.
`public static array`	`$queries`	`array()`	# All of the queries that have been executed on all connections. All of the queries that have been executed on all connections.