Add extra functionality to Laravel migrations.
bmstanley/laravel-nomad is a Laravel package for add extra functionality to laravel migrations..
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This Laravel package provides additional functionality for the Illuminate Database migrations. Currently the only additional functionality is the ability to specify custom database field types, but new functionality can be added as requested/submitted.
5.5
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Laravel's migrations provide methods for a wide base of the standard field types used in the supported databases, however it is not an exhaustive list. Additionally, some databases have extensions that can be enabled that add new field types. Unfortunately, one cannot create fields with these new data types using built-in migration methods.
As an example, PostgreSQL has a "citext" module to allow easy case-insensitive matching. This module adds a new "citext" field data type for storing case-insensitive string data. The built-in migration methods do not have a way to create a "citext" field, so one would have to add a direct "ALTER" statement to run after the table is created.
This package adds a new passthru method to allow defining custom data types in the migration. The passthru method can be used to add a field with any data type, as the specified type is merely passed through to the schema grammar.
The passthru method requires two parameters: the data type and the field name. An optional third parameter can be used to specify the actual data type definition, if needed. The definition method can also be chained on to specify the actual data type definition. A usage example is shown below:
class CreateUsersTable extends Migration {
public function up()
{
Schema::create('users', function(Blueprint $table)
{
$table->increments('id');
$table->passthru('citext', 'name');
$table->passthru('citext', 'title')->nullable();
$table->passthru('string', 'email', 'varchar(255)')->unique();
$table->passthru('string', 'password')->definition('varchar(60)');
$table->rememberToken();
$table->timestamps();
});
}
public function down()
{
Schema::drop('users');
}
}
Contributions are very welcome. Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.
If you discover any security related issues, please email [email protected] instead of using the issue tracker.
The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.
