josh-taylor/migrations-generator

Migrations generator for Laravel.

Migrations Generator

Generate migrations from an existing database. Ideal for use when migrating an app to Laravel., _(*1)

Please note, this is still really a work in progress. Worth noting the things left to do below., _(*2)

Installation

Step 1: Composer

From the command line run:, _(*3)

composer require josh-taylor/migrations-generator --dev

Step 2: Service Provider

For your Laravel app, you will only want these commands available during development, open app/Providers\AppServiceProvider.php and add in to the register() method:, _(*4)

if ($this->app->environment() == 'local') {
  $this->app->register('JoshTaylor\MigrationsGenerator\MigrationsGeneratorServiceProvider');
}

Usage

Run from the command line:, _(*5)

php artisan migrate:generate

Bask in the glory of all these migrations created for you., _(*6)

Still left to do:

• $table->increments() and $table->timestamps() are always added. (May require moving away from laracasts/Laravel-5-Generators-Extended)
• Column length is not generated (See above, plus issues with DBAL)
• ...