Laravel Automatic Migrations

Instead of having to create and manage migration files, this package allows you to specify your migrations inside your model classes via a migration method. When you run the migrate:auto command, it uses Doctrine to compare your model migration methods to the existing schema, and applies the changes automatically.

This package works fine alongside traditional Laravel migration files, for the cases where you still need migrations that are not coupled to a model. When you run the migrate:auto command, it will run your traditional migrations first, and the automatic migrations afterwards.

Documentation

• Installation
• Usage
• Commands
  • Making Models
  • Running Migrations
• Migration Order
• Publishing Stubs

Installation

Require the package via composer:

composer require bastinald/laravel-automatic-migrations

Usage

Declare a migration method in your models:

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class MyModel extends Model
{
   public function migration(Blueprint $table)
   {
       $table->id();
       $table->string('name');
       $table->timestamp('created_at')->nullable();
       $table->timestamp('updated_at')->nullable();
   }
}

Run the migrate:auto command:

php artisan migrate:auto

Commands

Making Models

Make a model with a migration method included:

php artisan make:amodel {class} {--force}

This command will also make a factory whose definition points to the model method. Use --force to overwrite an existing model.

Running Migrations

Run automatic migrations:

php artisan migrate:auto {--f|--fresh} {--s|--seed} {--force}

Use -f to wipe the database, -s to seed after migration, and --force to run migrations in production.

Migration Order

You can specify the order to run your model migrations by adding a public migrationOrder property to your models. This is useful for pivot tables or situations where you must create a certain table before another.

class MyModel extends Model
{
    public $migrationOrder = 1;

    public function migration(Blueprint $table)
    {
        $table->id();
        $table->string('name');
        $table->timestamp('created_at')->nullable();
        $table->timestamp('updated_at')->nullable();
    }
}

The migrate:auto command will run the automatic migrations in the order specified. If no order is declared for a model, it will default to 0. Thanks to @vincentkedison for this idea.

Publishing Stubs

Use your own model and factory stubs by publishing package files:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=laravel-automatic-migrations

Update the stub_path in config/laravel-automatic-migrations.php:

'stub_path' => resource_path('stubs/vendor/laravel-automatic-migrations'),

Now edit the stub files inside resources/stubs/vendor/laravel-automatic-migrations. Commands will now use these stub files to make models and factories.