How to connect the startup database library

In CI4, you don't autoload things in the same way as previous versions, since we now have a PSR4-compliant autoloader built in. As per the docs, whenever you need a database connection, you simply grab it:

Code:

$db = \Config\Database::connect();

You can do that in your controller constructor, if you like to have it available for every method. Or in a BaseController that your controllers extend from.

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