To use multiple databases in Yii2, do the following:
Add to config / web.php
'components' => [ 'db1' => [ 'class' => 'yii\db\Connection', 'dsn' => 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=db1name', 'username' => 'db1username', 'password' => 'db1password', ], 'db2' => [ 'class' => 'yii\db\Connection', 'dsn' => 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=db2name', 'username' => 'db2username', 'password' => 'db2password', ], ],
Contact:
//k db1 Yii::$app->db1->createCommand((new \yii\db\Query)->select('*')->from('tbl_name'))->queryAll(); //к db2 Yii::$app->db2->createCommand((new \yii\db\Query)->select('*')->from('tbl_name'))->queryAll();
If you are using the ActiveRecord model, then:
//db1 public function getDb() { return Yii::$app->db1; }
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