Trying to use the ConnectionFactory class created by singleton in DatabaseServiceProvider

Question

So Tapestry has its default DatabaseServiceProvider.php with the below code inside.

$this->app->singleton('db.factory', function ($app) {
    return new ConnectionFactory($app);
});

I want to be able to use the db.factory facade created by this to make a new connection. But when I call

db.factory::make($config,$factory);

Of course this doesn't work, I get an error:

Use of undefined constant db - assumed 'db'

How can I do this?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 02 '15 at 12:16

2

That singleton has to be accessed directly through the service container. My favorite way to do that is the app() helper function:

app('db.factory')->make($config, $factory);

answered Jul 02 '15 at 12:16

lukasgeiter

Thanks Lukas, are you able to explain to me why. Trying to learn Laravel is pretty overwhelming for me – Shardj Jul 02 '15 at 12:50
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*why* is a pretty broad question... `db.factory::` would work if this was a facade. Facades basically do nothing else than resolve a certain class from the container (like we do with `app('db.factory')`) and "transform" a static method call into a dynamic one. That's not possible with `db.factory` because it doesn't have a facade. Let me know if something is unclear :) – lukasgeiter Jul 02 '15 at 12:56
No that's perfect thanks, now I'm off to try and find out why one of my middlewares has stopped working – Shardj Jul 02 '15 at 13:11

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