function db_driver in Drupal 8

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 7 includes/database/database.inc \db_driver()

Retrieves the name of the currently active database driver.

Return value

string The name of the currently active database driver.

See also

https://www.drupal.org/node/2993033

\Drupal\Core\Database\Connection::driver()

Related topics

1 call to db_driver()

DatabaseLegacyTest::testDbDriver in core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Database/DatabaseLegacyTest.php

Tests deprecation of the db_driver() function.

File

core/includes/database.inc, line 436

Core systems for the database layer.

Code

function db_driver() {
  @trigger_error('db_driver() is deprecated in drupal:8.0.0. It will be removed from drupal:9.0.0. Instead, get a database connection injected into your service from the container and call driver() on it. For example, $injected_database->driver($string). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2993033', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
  return Database::getConnection()
    ->driver();
}