harrygulliford/laravel-firebird

Firebird database driver for the Laravel Framework

v4.0.0-beta.0 2026-03-29 01:19 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.2
• illuminate/container: ^12.17|^13.0
• illuminate/database: ^12.17|^13.0
• illuminate/events: ^12.17|^13.0
• illuminate/support: ^12.17|^13.0

Requires (Dev)

• fakerphp/faker: ^1.24
• mockery/mockery: ^1.6
• orchestra/testbench: ^10.3|^11.0
• phpunit/phpunit: ^11.5|^12.0

MIT

README

This package adds support for the Firebird PDO Database Driver in Laravel applications.

Version Support

• PHP: 8.2+
• Laravel: 12, 13
• Firebird: 4, 5

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require harrygulliford/laravel-firebird

The package will automatically register itself.

Declare the connection within your config/database.php file by using firebird as the driver:

'connections' => [

    'firebird' => [
        'driver'   => 'firebird',
        'host'     => env('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
        'port'     => env('DB_PORT', '3050'),
        'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', '/path_to/database.fdb'),
        'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'sysdba'),
        'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', 'masterkey'),
        'charset'  => env('DB_CHARSET', 'UTF8'),
        'role'     => null,
    ],

],

Limitations

This package does not intend to support database migrations and it should not be used for this use case.

Credits

• Harry Gulliford
• Jacques van Zuydam
• Simonov Denis
• All Contributors

License

Licensed under the MIT license.