<?php 
use Illuminate\Database\Capsule\Manager as Capsule; 
 
$capsule = new Capsule; 
 
$capsule->addConnection([ 
    'driver'    => 'mysql', 
    'host'      => 'localhost', 
    'database'  => 'chatto', 
    'username'  => 'root', 
    'password'  => '', 
    'charset'   => 'utf8', 
    'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci', 
    'prefix'    => '', 
]); 
 
// Set the event dispatcher used by Eloquent models... (optional) 
use Illuminate\Events\Dispatcher; 
use Illuminate\Container\Container; 
$capsule->setEventDispatcher(new Dispatcher(new Container)); 
 
// Make this Capsule instance available globally via static methods... (optional) 
$capsule->setAsGlobal(); 
 
// Setup the Eloquent ORM... (optional; unless you've used setEventDispatcher()) 
$capsule->bootEloquent();
 
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