composer dump-autoload and php artisan unknown table/database error

https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/laravel/php-artisan-unknown-table-error-on-any-command

Hi all,

So i have created a laravel command which runs via cron, it first checks the DB for some data before running using a command like this.

  $schedule->command('NewTest:test')
               ->when(!ScheduleHelper::hasRunToday));

Running "php artisan" or "composer dump-autoload" will throw errors if the DB does not exist or if a specific table does not exist yet.

This is an issue when i deploy to my hosting providers as the database does not exist yet until after the composer scripts have run including:

   "post-autoload-dump": [
            "Illuminate\Foundation\ComposerScripts::postAutoloadDump",
            "@php artisan package:discover"
       
 ]

Does anyone know why "php artisan" command decides to load all dependencies even if its not running the command that actually hits the DB?

I have tried adding checks like this but the die method seems to kill the build and without that i just recieve errors stating the DB doesent exist! The code is not even running yet it is just building so there is no need for a DB connection to exist yet.

 try {
            DB::connection()->getPdo();
        } catch (\Exception $e) {
            die("Could not connect to the database.  Please check your configuration.");
        }

        if (DB::connection()->getDatabaseName() && Schema::hasTable('scheduled_events')) {
//run my code
}

thanks