fix: improved detection for mariadb databases

src/MysqlExplain.php

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 use Illuminate\Database\Connection;
 use Illuminate\Database\ConnectionInterface;
+use Illuminate\Database\QueryException;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Tpetry\MysqlExplain\Exceptions\NotMysqlException;
 use Tpetry\MysqlExplain\Helpers\ApiHelper;
@@ -60,6 +61,17 @@ private function collectQueryMetrics(ConnectionInterface $connection, string $sq
             throw NotMysqlException::create($db->driverName($connection));
         }
 
+        // Laravel 11 added a new MariaDB database driver but older Laravel versions handle MySQL and MariaDB with the
+        // same driver. This query uses a feature implemented in MariaDB 10.10 (the first one with a different EXPLAIN
+        // output) to detect MariaDB which is unsupported.
+        try {
+            $db->queryScalar($connection, 'SELECT * FROM seq_1_to_1');
+            throw NotMysqlException::create('mariadb');
+        } catch (QueryException) {
+            // This exception is expected when using MySQL as sequence tables are not available. So the exception gets
+            // silenced as the check for MySQL has succeeded.
+        }
+
         $query = $db->buildRawSql($connection, $sql, $bindings);
         $version = $db->queryScalar($connection, 'SELECT VERSION()');
         $explainJson = $db->queryScalar($connection, "EXPLAIN FORMAT=JSON {$sql}", $bindings);