schema-databases.md

Schema manager - Databases

You can use the schema manager to perform CRUD actions on databases within ArangoDB.

Database functions

getCurrentDatabase(): stdClass

Get information on the current database

$arangoClient->schema()->getCurrentDatabase();

getDatabases(): array

Get a list of databases accessible to the current user.

$arangoClient->schema()->getDatabases();

hasDatabase(string $name): bool

Check if a database exists

$arangoClient->schema()->hasDatabase('someNoneExistingDatabase');

createDatabase(string $name, $options = null, $users = null): bool

Create a database.

See ArangoDB's documentation for the current available options

$arangoClient->schema()->createDatabase('someNoneExistingDatabase');

deleteDatabase(string $name): bool

Delete the given database.

$arangoClient->schema()->deleteDatabase('someExistingDatabase');