Database settings should have more defaults, require fewer standard values

Created on 7 April 2015, about 10 years ago

Updated 8 May 2025, 2 days ago

The database settings include a number of items that should have reasonable defaults.

For example, connecting to MySQL appears to require the following:

$databases['default']['default'] = array (
  'database' => 'drupal8',
  'username' => 'thingy',
  'password' => 'whatsit',
  'prefix' => '',
  'host' => 'localhost',
  'port' => '3306',
  'namespace' => 'Drupal\\Core\\Database\\Driver\\mysql',
  'driver' => 'mysql',
);

For a site using 'mysql' as the 'driver', the 'namespace', 'host' and 'port' values should default to what is detailed above. Furthermore the 'prefix' should default to an empty string.

In short, the following should work:

$databases['default']['default'] = array (
  'database' => 'drupal8',
  'username' => 'thingy',
  'password' => 'whatsit',
  'driver' => 'mysql',
);

✨ Feature request

Status

Postponed: needs info

Version

11.0 🔥

Component

install system

Created by

🇺🇸United States DamienMcKenna NH, USA

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Comment 2 days ago →
🇺🇸United States smustgrave
Thank you for sharing your idea for improving Drupal.

We are working to decide if this proposal meets the Criteria for evaluating proposed changes. There hasn't been any discussion here for over 8 years which suggests that this has either been implemented or there is no community support. Your thoughts on this will allow a decision to be made.

Since we need more information to move forward with this issue, the status is now Postponed (maintainer needs more info). If we don't receive additional information to help with the issue, it may be closed after three months.

Thanks!

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