Facade-less Database Access in Lumen

DatabaseTestController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use \Illuminate\Database\Connection;

class DatabaseTestController extends Controller
{

    /**
     * @return array
     */
    public function getUsers()
    {
        // Resolve dependencies out of container
        /** @var Connection $db */
        $db = app('db');

        // Do "work"
        $results = $db->select("SELECT * FROM users");

        return [
            "count" => count($results),
            "data" => $results,
        ];
    }

}