.. _Db-getConnection:

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Db::getConnection()
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\\nn\\t3::Db()->getConnection();
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Get a "raw" connection to the database.
Only useful in really exceptional cases.

.. code-block:: php

	$connection = \nn\t3::Db()->getConnection();
	$connection->fetchAll( 'SELECT FROM tt_news WHERE 1;' );

| ``@return \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Database\Connection``

Source Code
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.. code-block:: php

   
   public function getConnection()
   {
   	$connectionPool = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ConnectionPool::class);
   	$connectionName = array_shift($connectionPool->getConnectionNames());
   	return $connectionPool->getConnectionByName( $connectionName );
   }