db

File: src/Helpers/db.php

Database utility helpers.

Functions

database_exists

database_exists(string $database, string $connection = null): bool

Checks whether a database with the given name exists on the configured connection by attempting a PDO connection directly to that schema.

if (database_exists('my_app_db')) {
    // safe to run migrations
}

Uses try { new PDO(...) } internally — returns true if the connection succeeds and false on any PDOException. Used by create:database and install console commands before creating or migrating a schema.