Migrations
Definition
Migrations (are the short name for Database Migrations).
Migrations are the version control of your database. They are very useful for generating and documenting the database tables.
Principles
Migrations SHOULD be created inside the Containers folders.
Migrations will be autoloaded by the framework.
Rules
- No need to publish the DB Migrations. Just run the
artisan migrate
command and Laravel will read the Migrations from the Containers.
Folder Structure
- app
- Containers
- {section-name}
- {container-name}
- Data
- Migrations
- 2200_01_01_000001_create_something_table.php
- ...
Code Samples
User CreateDemoTable Migrations
class CreateDemoTable extends Migration
{
public function up()
{
Schema::create('demos', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->increments('id');
// ...
$table->timestamps();
$table->softDeletes();
});
}
public function down()
{
Schema::drop('demos');
}
}
Further reading
More info at Laravel Docs.