ODBC Driver for Laravel

A simple ODBC driver for Laravel 6.0+. Requires PHP 8.

Prerequisites

Enable the pdo_odbc PHP extension

Installation

composer require dbt/odbc-driver

Laravel will automatically discover the service provider.

Configuration

In your database.php config, you'll need to add the ODBC connection configuration, eg:

'odbc' => [
    'driver'   => 'odbc',
    'dsn'      => env('ODBC_DSN'),
    'host'     => env('ODBC_HOST'),
    'database' => env('ODBC_DB'),
    'username' => env('ODBC_USERNAME'),
    'password' => env('ODBC_PASSWORD'),
],

Custom Grammar

To use SQL Server or other database engines, set the grammar in the config:

'odbc'   => [
    ...,
    'grammar' => [
        'query' => Illuminate\Database\Query\Grammars\SqlServerGrammar::class,
        'schema' => Illuminate\Database\Schema\Grammars\SqlServerGrammar::class,
    ],
],

Usage

Use the connection like any other, via the query builder or with Eloquent.

For Eloquent, you'll need to specify the model's connection:

class Users extends Eloquent {
    /** @var string */
    protected $connection = 'odbc';
}

Connection String

You may need to use some trial and error to figure out what your connection string should look like. Consult your vendor's database documentation.

It could be a connection path:

'dsn' => 'odbc:\\\\path\to\my\database',

Or a connection name:

'dsn' => 'odbc:\\\\my-connection-name',

Or something as simple as:

'dsn' => 'odbc:dbname',

Contributions & License

Contributions are welcome.

MIT Licensed. Do as you wish.