How to connect to Docker DB (Laravel with ddev and MySQL)-CodePudding

I have a Laravel project where I have to connect to a MySQL db. I deployed the project with ddev, so I´m using docker. The .env file have this credentials:

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=db
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=db
DB_USERNAME=db
DB_PASSWORD=db

With this configuration, I can do migrations, and all goes in the right way, but HOW can I see this database? Can I link a DB which is in my local MySQL server? For example, Can I change this host for localhost and set a DB created by me?

I really don´t know why this works, so if somebody helps me, I will be thankfull.

CodePudding user response：

You can explore your database in so many different ways:

ddev mysql
ddev launch -p (or click the link in ddev describe to use PhpMyAdmin
Use the mysql client in either web container or db container

You can export the database to text format with ddev export-db or make a binary snapshot with ddev snapshot.

There's lots more detail and more options for database browsers at https://ddev.readthedocs.io/en/latest/users/topics/database_management/