How to use Eloquent (from Laravel) inside Wordpress

Car.php

<?php // File location: /wp-content/themes/my-theme/src/Models/

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model as Eloquent;

class Car extends Eloquent
{
    protected $table = 'cars';
    protected $primaryId = 'id';
}

composer.json

{
  "require": {
    "illuminate/database": "~5.0.0"
  },
  "autoload": {
    "psr-4": {
      "App\\": "wp-content/themes/my-theme/src/"
    }
  },
}

functions.php

<?php // File location: /wp-content/themes/your-theme/

require __DIR__.'/../../../vendor/autoload.php'; // include composer inside Wordpress

/*
 * Configure Eloquent (called Capsule when used alone)
 */
 
$capsule = new \Illuminate\Database\Capsule\Manager;

$capsule->addConnection([
    'driver'    => 'mysql',
    'host'      => 'localhost',
    'database'  => 'database',
    'username'  => 'root',
    'password'  => 'password',
    'charset'   => 'utf8',
    'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
    'prefix'    => '',
]);

$capsule->setEventDispatcher(new \Illuminate\Events\Dispatcher(new \Illuminate\Container\Container));
$capsule->setAsGlobal();
$capsule->bootEloquent();

// other code in functions.php here

page.php

<?php // File location: /wp-content/themes/my-theme/

$cars = App/Models/Car::all(); ?>

<!-- HTML or PHP code -->

<?php foreach ($cars as $car): ?>
    <h1><?php echo $car->model_name ?></h1>
<?php endforeach; ?>

<!-- HTML or PHP code -->

FYI you don't need to redefine your database connection settings since it's already in wp-config.php. Just do this:

$capsule->addConnection([
    'driver'    => 'mysql',
    'host'      => DB_HOST,
    'database'  => DB_NAME,
    'username'  => DB_USER,
    'password'  => DB_PASSWORD,
    'charset'   => 'utf8',
    'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
    'prefix'    => '',
]);

Please use this package
https://github.com/tareq1988/wp-eloquent

in this package we use the direct connection of the wpdb class pdo.
connecting directly to the capsule is an unnecessary connection to the database
thanks you @tareq1988

Please use this package https://github.com/tareq1988/wp-eloquent in this package we use the direct connection of the wpdb class pdo. connecting directly to the capsule is an unnecessary connection to the database thanks you @tareq1988

Sure would be nice if tareq1988/wp-eloquent was kept up to date. It hasn't been updated in ~2 years and is not PHP 7.4 compatible which is almost at its EOL. I know you wrote that comment about 2 years ago as well. To move forward with PHP 8 we will need another solution.

I haven't updated the tareq1988/wp-eloquent because Eloquent is very slow. It takes a while to generate a query, let alone query the database. Also, Eloquent is used alongside of Laravel, which supports the latest PHP version all the time. But for WordPress plugins that's not the case. We have to support even PHP 5.6, which makes it a nightmare to keep up with the original package. That's why it didn't make sense to update the library.