allow connecting to read or write connections with the db command (#…

…37530)

src/Illuminate/Database/Console/DbCommand.php

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 use Illuminate\Support\ConfigurationUrlParser;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
 use UnexpectedValueException;
 
@@ -52,9 +53,11 @@ public function handle()
      */
     public function getConnection()
     {
-        $connection = $this->laravel['config']['database.connections.'.
-            (($db = $this->argument('connection')) ?? $this->laravel['config']['database.default'])
-        ];
+        [$db, $type] = $this->parseConnectionName(
+            $this->argument('connection') ?? $this->laravel['config']['database.default']
+        );
+
+        $connection = $this->laravel['config']['database.connections.'.$db];
 
         if (empty($connection)) {
             throw new UnexpectedValueException("Invalid database connection [{$db}].");
@@ -64,9 +67,27 @@ public function getConnection()
             $connection = (new ConfigurationUrlParser)->parseConfiguration($connection);
         }
 
+        if (isset($type)) {
+            $connection = array_merge($connection, $connection[$type]);
+        }
+
         return $connection;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Parse the connection into an array of the name and read / write type.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $name
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function parseConnectionName($name)
+    {
+        $name = $name ?: $this->getDefaultConnection();
+
+        return Str::endsWith($name, ['::read', '::write'])
+                            ? explode('::', $name, 2) : [$name, null];
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the arguments for the database client command.
      *