Slim Framework + Eloquent ORM [Ultimate Solution] Thanks to: https://github.com/pyrocms/pyrocms/commit/7b7d92944f5de88fef9ec0b744289b924394a12e

composer.json

{
  "require": {
  	"slim/slim": "2.*",
		"illuminate/database": "*",
		"dhorrigan/capsule": "*"
	}
}

index.php

<?php 
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
 
$app = new \Slim\Slim();
 
use Illuminate\Database\Capsule\Manager as Capsule;
 
$capsule = new Capsule;
 
$capsule->addConnection(array(
  'driver'    => 'mysql',
  'host'      => 'localhost',
	'database'  => 'database',
	'username'  => 'root',
	'password'  => '',
	'prefix'    => '',
	'charset'   => 'utf8',
	'collation' => 'utf8_general_ci',
));
$capsule->bootEloquent();
$capsule->setAsGlobal();
 
// Connect using the Laravel Database component
$conn = $capsule->connection();
 
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model as Model;
 
// Define models
class users extends Model {}
 
$app->get('/', function () use ($app) {
	print_r( my_table::all() );
});
 
$app->run();