added database connectors and cleaned up configuration.

laravel/config/container.php

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ return array(
 
 	'laravel.database' => array('singleton' => true, 'resolver' => function($container)
 	{
-		return new Database\Manager($container->resolve('laravel.config')->get('database'));
+		return new Database\Manager($container->resolve('laravel.config'));
 	}),
 
 

laravel/database/connection.php

@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ use PDOStatement;
 
 class Connection {
 
+	/**
+	 * The connection configuration array.
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	protected $config;
+
 	/**
 	 * The PDO connection.
 	 *
@@ -22,12 +29,14 @@ class Connection {
 	/**
 	 * Create a new database connection instance.
 	 *
-	 * @param  PDO   $pdo
+	 * @param  PDO    $pdo
+	 * @param  array  $config
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	public function __construct(PDO $pdo)
+	public function __construct(PDO $pdo, $config)
 	{
 		$this->pdo = $pdo;
+		$this->config = $config;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -114,18 +123,15 @@ class Connection {
 	/**
 	 * Create a new query grammar for the connection.
 	 *
-	 * @return Queries\Grammars\Grammar
+	 * @return Grammars\Grammar
 	 */
 	protected function grammar()
 	{
-		switch ($this->driver())
+		switch (isset($this->config['grammar']) ? $this->config['grammar'] : $this->driver())
 		{
 			case 'mysql':
 				return new Grammars\MySQL;
 
-			case 'pgsql':
-				return new Grammars\Postgres;
-
 			default:
 				return new Grammars\Grammar;
 		}

laravel/database/connectors/connector.php

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?php namespace Laravel\Database\Connectors; use PDO;
+
+abstract class Connector {
+
+	/**
+	 * The PDO connection options.
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	protected $options = array(
+			PDO::ATTR_CASE => PDO::CASE_LOWER,
+			PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION,
+			PDO::ATTR_ORACLE_NULLS => PDO::NULL_NATURAL,
+			PDO::ATTR_STRINGIFY_FETCHES => false,
+			PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES => false,
+	);
+
+	/**
+	 * Establish a PDO database connection for a given database configuration.
+	 *
+	 * @param  array  $config
+	 * @return PDO
+	 */
+	abstract public function connect($config);
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the PDO connection options for a given database configuration.
+	 *
+	 * Developer specified options will override the default connection options.
+	 *
+	 * @param  array  $config
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	protected function options($config)
+	{
+		$options = (isset($config['options'])) ? $config['options'] : array();
+
+		return array_merge($this->options, $options);
+	}
+
+}

laravel/database/connectors/mysql.php

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php namespace Laravel\Database\Connectors; use PDO;
+
+class MySQL extends Connector {
+
+	/**
+	 * Establish a PDO database connection for a given database configuration.
+	 *
+	 * @param  array  $config
+	 * @return PDO
+	 */
+	public function connect($config)
+	{
+		$connection = new PDO($this->dsn($config), $config['username'], $config['password'], $this->options($config));
+
+		if (isset($config['charset']))
+		{
+			$connection->prepare("SET NAMES '{$config['charset']}'")->execute();
+		}
+
+		return $connection;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Format the DSN connection string for a MySQL connection.
+	 *
+	 * @param  array   $config
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	protected function dsn($config)
+	{
+		// Format the initial MySQL PDO connection string. These options are required
+		// for every MySQL connection that is established. The connection strings
+		// have the following convention: "mysql:host=hostname;dbname=database"
+		$dsn = sprintf('%s:host=%s;dbname=%s', $config['driver'], $config['host'], $config['database']);
+
+		// Check for any optional MySQL PDO options. These options are not required
+		// to establish a PDO connection; however, may be needed in certain server
+		// or hosting environments used by the developer.
+		foreach (array('port', 'unix_socket') as $key => $value)
+		{
+			if (isset($config[$key])) $dsn .= ";{$key}={$value}";
+		}
+
+		return $dsn;
+	}
+
+}

laravel/database/connectors/postgres.php

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php namespace Laravel\Database\Connectors; use PDO;
+
+class Postgres extends Connector {
+
+	/**
+	 * Establish a PDO database connection for a given database configuration.
+	 *
+	 * @param  array  $config
+	 * @return PDO
+	 */
+	public function connect($config)
+	{
+		$connection = new PDO($this->dsn($config), $config['username'], $config['password'], $this->options($config));
+
+		if (isset($config['charset']))
+		{
+			$connection->prepare("SET NAMES '{$config['charset']}'")->execute();
+		}
+
+		return $connection;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Format the DSN connection string for a Postgres connection.
+	 *
+	 * @param  array   $config
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	protected function dsn($config)
+	{
+		// Format the initial Postgres PDO connection string. These options are required
+		// for every Postgres connection that is established. The connection strings
+		// have the following convention: "pgsql:host=hostname;dbname=database"
+		$dsn = sprintf('%s:host=%s;dbname=%s', $config['driver'], $config['host'], $config['database']);
+
+		// Check for any optional Postgres PDO options. These options are not required
+		// to establish a PDO connection; however, may be needed in certain server
+		// or hosting environments used by the developer.
+		foreach (array('port', 'unix_socket') as $key => $value)
+		{
+			if (isset($config[$key])) $dsn .= ";{$key}={$value}";
+		}
+
+		return $dsn;
+	}
+
+}

laravel/database/connectors/sqlite.php

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php namespace Laravel\Database\Connectors; use PDO;
+
+class SQLite extends Connector {
+
+	/**
+	 * Establish a PDO database connection for a given database configuration.
+	 *
+	 * @param  array  $config
+	 * @return PDO
+	 */
+	public function connect($config)
+	{
+		$options = $this->options($config);
+
+		if ($config['database'] == ':memory:')
+		{
+			return new PDO('sqlite::memory:', null, null, $options);
+		}
+		elseif (file_exists($path = DATABASE_PATH.$config['database'].'.sqlite'))
+		{
+			return new PDO('sqlite:'.$path, null, null, $options);
+		}
+		elseif (file_exists($config['database']))
+		{
+			return new PDO('sqlite:'.$config['database'], null, null, $options);
+		}
+
+		throw new \Exception("SQLite database [{$config['database']}] could not be found.");
+	}
+
+}

laravel/database/manager.php

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <?php namespace Laravel\Database;
 
+use Laravel\Config;
+
 class Manager {
 
 	/**
@@ -9,13 +11,20 @@ class Manager {
 	 */
 	protected $connections = array();
 
+	/**
+	 * The configuration manager instance.
+	 *
+	 * @var Config
+	 */
+	protected $config;
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a new database manager instance.
 	 *
-	 * @param  array  $config
+	 * @param  Connector  $connector
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	public function __construct($config)
+	public function __construct(Config $config)
 	{
 		$this->config = $config;
 	}
@@ -32,27 +41,54 @@ class Manager {
 	 */
 	public function connection($connection = null)
 	{
-		if (is_null($connection)) $connection = $this->config['default'];
+		if (is_null($connection)) $connection = $this->config->get('database.default');
 
 		if ( ! array_key_exists($connection, $this->connections))
 		{
-			if ( ! isset($this->config['connectors'][$connection]))
+			$config = $this->config->get("database.connections.{$connection}");
+
+			if (is_null($config))
 			{
 				throw new \Exception("Database connection configuration is not defined for connection [$connection].");
 			}
 
-			// Database connections are established by developer configurable connector closures.
-			// This provides the developer the maximum amount of freedom in establishing their
-			// database connections, and allows the framework to remain agonstic to ugly database
-			// specific PDO connection details. Less code. Less bugs.
-			$pdo = call_user_func($this->config['connectors'][$connection], $this->config);
-
-			$this->connections[$connection] = new Connection($pdo, $this->config);
+			$this->connections[$connection] = new Connection($this->connect($config), $config);
 		}
 
 		return $this->connections[$connection];
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get a PDO database connection for a given database configuration.
+	 *
+	 * @param  array  $config
+	 * @return PDO
+	 */
+	protected function connect($config)
+	{
+		if (isset($config['connector'])) { return call_user_func($config['connector'], $config); }
+
+		switch ($config['driver'])
+		{
+			case 'sqlite':
+				$connector = new Connectors\SQLite;
+				break;
+
+			case 'mysql':
+				$connector = new Connectors\MySQL;
+				break;
+
+			case 'pgsql':
+				$connector = new Connectors\Postgres;
+				break;
+
+			default:
+				throw new \Exception("Database driver [{$config['driver']}] is not supported.");
+		}
+
+		return $connector->connect($config);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Begin a fluent query against a table.
 	 *

laravel/database/query.php

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class Query {
 	 */
 	public function select($columns = array('*'))
 	{
-		$this->select = $columns;
+		$this->select = (array) $columns;
 
 		return $this;
 	}
@@ -478,12 +478,25 @@ class Query {
 	/**
 	 * Execute the query as a SELECT statement and return the first result.
 	 *
-	 * @param  array     $columns
-	 * @return stdClass
+	 * If a single column is selected from the database, only the value of that column will be returned.
+	 *
+	 * @param  array  $columns
+	 * @return mixed
 	 */
 	public function first($columns = array('*'))
 	{
-		return (count($results = $this->take(1)->get($columns)) > 0) ? $results[0] : null;
+		$columns = (array) $columns;
+
+		$results = (count($results = $this->take(1)->get($columns)) > 0) ? $results[0] : null;
+
+		// If we have results and only a single column was selected from the database,
+		// we will simply return the value of that column for convenience.
+		if ( ! is_null($results) and count($columns) == 1 and $columns[0] !== '*')
+		{
+			return $results->{$columns[0]};
+		}
+
+		return $results;
 	}
 
 	/**