Laravel - Read an SQLite file dynamically - php

Question

I am trying to work on a project that accepts an SQLite file via upload, saves it, and parses the data in the SQLite database. I am finding that when I use a smaller DB file the "-wal" and "-shm" files are not being created but when using a larger DB (at least 2mb) they are.
Here is the code that I am using:
$destination = storage_path().'/tempDir/databases/'.$userId.'/';
//store the file in the directory
$request->file('database')->move($destination .'database/database.db');
$destination = $destination.'database/database.db';
Config::set('database.connections.sqlite.database', $dbLocation);
$sqliteDbConnection = \DB::connection('sqlite');
$getUsers = $sqliteDbConnection->table("users")->get();
Whenever I try and do this, I am getting the following error:
"SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 10 disk I/O error (SQL: select * from \"users\")"
Does anyone have an idea why that might be? I can confirm that the file being saved to the server is in good standing, I am able to open it with other SQLite viewers.
UPDATE: Is it possible that the link between Homestead and my MAC is prohibiting the file from being accessed by Laravel?
UPDATE2: The problem is 100% located in the sharing mechanism between VirtualBox and the computer. I tried this via XAMPP and it works alright. WTF?

Answer 1

This is how I managed to get a Builder instance with my custom PDO connection:
$pathname = '/absolute/path/to.sqlite';
$connection = new \Illuminate\Database\SQLiteConnection(new \PDO('sqlite:' . $pathname));
$builder = new \Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder($connection);
$builder->newQuery()->from('my_table')->get()->all();