Eloquent outside Laravel

composer.json

{
    "require": {
        "illuminate/database": "*"
    }
}

database.php

<?php  
require 'vendor/autoload.php';  
 
use Illuminate\Database\Capsule\Manager as Capsule;  
 
$capsule = new Capsule; 
 
$capsule->addConnection(array(
    'driver'    => 'mysql',
    'host'      => 'localhost',
    'database'  => 'test',
    'username'  => 'test',
    'password'  => 'l4m3p455w0rd!',
    'charset'   => 'utf8',
    'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
    'prefix'    => ''
));
 
$capsule->bootEloquent();

index.php

<?php 
include 'database.php'; 
 
// Create the Books model 
class Books extends Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model {
    public $timestamps = false;
}
 
// Grab a book with an id of 1 
$book = Books::find(1); 
 
// Change some stuff 
$book->name = "The Best Book in the World";
$book->author = "Ed Zynda";
 
// Save it to the database
$book->save();