diff --git a/templates/php/drupal/.env.example.twig b/templates/php/drupal/.env.example.twig
index 4ce83b2..fddb10f 100644
--- a/templates/php/drupal/.env.example.twig
+++ b/templates/php/drupal/.env.example.twig
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ export DRUSH_OPTIONS_URI="https://${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}.docker.localhost"
 export MYSQL_DATABASE=app
 export MYSQL_PASSWORD=app
 export MYSQL_USER=app
+
+export DB_NAME="$MYSQL_DATABASE"
+export DB_PASSWORD="$MYSQL_PASSWORD"
+export DB_USER="$MYSQL_USER"
diff --git a/templates/php/drupal/run.twig b/templates/php/drupal/run.twig
index 6f866ba..ab2bc51 100755
--- a/templates/php/drupal/run.twig
+++ b/templates/php/drupal/run.twig
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ function composer {
   _exec php composer "${@}"
 }
 
+# Connect to the database.
+function db {
+  [[ -f ".env" ]] && source .env
+
+  docker compose exec database mysql -u"$DB_USER" -p"$DB_PASSWORD" "$DB_NAME"
+}
+
 function drush {
   _exec php drush "${@}"
 }