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[10.x] Simplify SQLite initial configuration #9124

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Expand Up @@ -230,13 +230,7 @@ Your `.env` file should not be committed to your application's source control, s

Now that you have created your Laravel application, you probably want to store some data in a database. By default, your application's `.env` configuration file specifies that Laravel will be interacting with a MySQL database and will access the database at `127.0.0.1`. If you are developing on macOS and need to install MySQL, Postgres, or Redis locally, you may find it convenient to utilize [DBngin](https://dbngin.com/).

If you do not want to install MySQL or Postgres on your local machine, you can always use a [SQLite](https://www.sqlite.org/index.html) database. SQLite is a small, fast, self-contained database engine. To get started, create a SQLite database by creating an empty SQLite file. Typically, this file will exist within the `database` directory of your Laravel application:

```shell
touch database/database.sqlite
```

Next, update your `.env` configuration file to use Laravel's `sqlite` database driver. You may remove the other database configuration options:
If you do not want to install MySQL or Postgres on your local machine, you can always use a [SQLite](https://www.sqlite.org/index.html) database. SQLite is a small, fast, self-contained database engine. To get started, update your `.env` configuration file to use Laravel's `sqlite` database driver. You may remove the other database configuration options:

```ini
DB_CONNECTION=sqlite # [tl! add]
Expand All @@ -254,6 +248,8 @@ Once you have configured your SQLite database, you may run your application's [d
php artisan migrate
```

If an SQLite database does not exist for your application, Laravel will ask you if you would like the database to be created. Typically, the SQLite database file will be created at `database/database.sqlite`.

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### Directory Configuration

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