Hey guys, Im only new to this, so sorry if its a stupid question.

Background: I have 3 databases that are the same. Im working on consolidating them, but basically I've written the Models and Controllers to work with the first database. What I'd like to do is when the user logins, they select a 'location' from dropdown and this defines what database laravel will use.

So far the login function sets the location:

Session::put('location', Input::get('location'));

I've defined my each of my connections to each database in config/database.php with the location name.

In my Models I'd like to set the following but am getting the error below:

protected $connection = Session::get('location');

Error:

	Symfony \ Component \ Debug \ Exception \ FatalErrorException
	syntax error, unexpected '(', expecting ',' or ';'
	open: /Library/WebServer/Documents/scans/app/models/Scan.php
	*
	* @var string
	*/
	protected $table = 'scans';
 
	protected $primaryKey = 'num';
 
	protected $connection = Session::get('location');

I know this isn't the best practice. But I need to leave the databases as is for now.

Thanks, Zac