Laravel 5: Generating Paths Relative to the Database Directory With database_path

The database_path function can be used to retrieve the path to the database directory. It can also be used to construct paths relative to the database directory by supplying a $path.

#Signature

The signature of the database_path function is:

1function database_path(
2    $path = ''
3);

#Example Use

The following examples will assume that the Laravel application is installed in the
/home/vagrant/Code/Laravel/ directory. The resulting path will appear above the function calls as a comment.

1// /home/vagrant/Code/Laravel/database
2database_path();
3 
4// /home/vagrant/Code/Laravel/migrations
5database_path('migrations');
6 
7// /home/vagrant/Code/Laravel/seeds/
8str_finish(database_path('seeds'), '/'):

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