title: Is it possible to use mysqli as database driver in Laravel?
body: <p>Configuration for database in laravel is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>'mysql' =&gt; [
  'read' =&gt; [
      'host' =&gt; '192.168.1.1',
  ],
  'write' =&gt; [
      'host' =&gt; '196.168.1.2'
  ],
  'driver'    =&gt; 'mysql',
  'database'  =&gt; 'database',
  'username'  =&gt; 'root',
  'password'  =&gt; '',
  'charset'   =&gt; 'utf8',
  'collation' =&gt; 'utf8_unicode_ci',
  'prefix'    =&gt; '',
  ],
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It used PDO connection to connect mysql server.Is there any way to configure it to use mysqli instead of PDO driver. I am facing problem to read error message of running database using PDO driver in laravel. Is there any way to use mysqli?</p>