<?php namespace App\Console\Commands; use Illuminate\Console\Command; use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB; class CreateDatabaseCommand extends Command { protected $signature = 'make:database {name}'; protected $description = 'Creates my_idlers database'; public function __construct() { parent::__construct(); } public function handle() { $schemaName = $this->argument('name') ?: config("database.connections.mysql.database"); $charset = config("database.connections.mysql.charset",'utf8mb4'); $collation = config("database.connections.mysql.collation",'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'); config(["database.connections.mysql.database" => null]); $query = "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS $schemaName CHARACTER SET $charset COLLATE $collation;"; DB::statement($query); config(["database.connections.mysql.database" => $schemaName]); } }