How to use multiple databases in Laravel

Question

I want to combine multiple databases in my system. Most of the time the database is MySQL; but it may differ in future i.e. Admin can generate such a reports which is

Answer 1

In Laravel 5.1, you specify the connection:

$users = DB::connection('foo')->select(...);

Default, Laravel uses the default connection. It is simple, isn't it?

Read more here: http://laravel.com/docs/5.1/database#accessing-connections