laravel 5 : Extend a Facade

Question

I need to handle different types of DB depending on the client.

I created a Facade called MyDBFacade where I can call my own functions.

For example:

MyDBFacade::createDBUser("MyUser"); // will create a DB user whatever I'm using Postgres or SQL Server

Is there a possibility to extends the framework Facade DB:: in a way I could add my own functions and then call DB::createUser("MyUser") ?

Any clue or idea would be appreciate.

Thanks in advance, have a nice day.

Answer 1

Let's say that you define your custom facade in app/Facades/MyDBFacade.php

<?php

namespace App\Facades;

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;

class MyDBFacade extends DB
{
    // ...
}

You just need to change single line in config/app.php, from

'DB' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB::class,

to

'DB' => App\Facades\MyDBFacade::class,

And it all should work now.