I'm new to Laravel but have worked on Hibernate with Java.
Is there a way to generate models from existing tables?
All I found is creating migrations to create tables.
The Larry Four package will allow you to do so, but please note that I have not used it myself.
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I'm new in Laravel world!
I created a Database in MySql with 8 Tables!
now i just want to know that do I need to create Migration for all 8 tables?
or just need to create model for each table?
It is up to you. If you don't need migration for those tables (ie. for testing/seeding, migration to another database or creating new local setup), then it is not necessary.
Also models are not required but if you want to use Eloquent and other fancy Laravel things, then create them.
From my point of view there is no reason to not have migrations and models.
I would like to know is there any feature in laravel to generate migration scripts dynamically ( I mean scripts not migration files) like in Doctrine?
I have researched in the internet but didn't find a solution.
In Eloquent I generated migration files and wrote migration scripts manully. But in Doctrine I can generate migration script from entities (models) by issuing command migrations:diff, migrations:migrate etc. Thanks in advance.
You never define any of your table's fields in your Model class, so Laravel doesn't even know where to get the diff in your database.
But if your database is already there, check this question: how to create migration from existing database in laravel
I found laravel very interesting. But I'm wondering if there's any artisan command to generate all MVC skeleton files provided a database table all at ones. And how about separate generation of especially the model, given the table structure? or is there any alternative way to do the code generating?
You can create a migration file from the table via the package below.
https://github.com/Xethron/migrations-generator
Install it via : composer require --dev "xethron/migrations-generator"
Follow the package instructions, After connecting you application with the database simply run php artisan migrate:generate.
You will see number of migrations created via console message, You can also check your database/migrations folder for confirmation.
I didn't find how to do that, so I created my own code in order to create the models:
https://github.com/Triun/laravel-model-base
It is not super documented, but you can actually write your own addons in order to add custom business behaviors or include your own interfaces or traits to your models, with your own code.
And of course, reports and contributions are more than welcome.
I hope this helps.
I have used some CRUD generator for simple database with laravel. However, im working now on a project with many-to-one relationship and one-to-many
just wanna ask if anyone can recommend me a good CRUD generator with relations for laravel 5.2
thanx in advance
you may try link below :
Laravel Crud with scaffold-interface
See if this one helps you. Laravel crud generator!
Note: i found generated code is fully customization too.
Make a Laravel Application on top of well structed database from this repo.
https://github.com/digitaldreams/laracrud
I'm creating a Laravel Package that will migrate / add a column to an already existing App Migration that was migrated prior to package being installed.
Is there any best methods for setting something like this up? And if so, how do you manage reset/refresh migrations from App and Package.
OR
Is it better to keep them both separate in that the Package Migration overrides all migrations that the App Migration would have done.
Thanks.
Its always better to keep the column modifications in a separate migration unless and until0l you are so sure that your package is not used anywhere as of now. For existing installations it may cause problem with migration/rollback if you modify the existing migration. So i would recommend going with a new migration for column changes