How can I export a table as an SQL file in Laravel?

2 years ago
Isabella Edwards
2 minutes

In Laravel, you can use the artisan command to export a table as an SQL file. To do this, first open the terminal and navigate to the root directory of the project, then run the following command:

php artisan make:migration:schema --create=table_name

The table_name is the name of the table to be exported as an SQL file. After running the above command, a migration file will be generated at a path similar to database/migrations/YYYY_MM_DD_create_table_name_table.php.

Afterwards, in the generated migration file, write the up method to define the structure of the table to be exported. For example:

public function up()
{
    Schema::create('table_name', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->increments('id');
        $table->string('name');
        $table->timestamps();
    });
}

Next, running the following command in the terminal will execute the migration and create a new table:

php artisan migrate

Finally, if you need to export this table as an SQL file, you can use the following command:

php artisan migrate:refresh --path=/database/migrations/YYYY_MM_DD_create_table_name_table.php

After running the above command, Laravel will export the structure of the table_name table as an SQL file, and save it in database/migrations/YYYY_MM_DD_create_table_name_table.sql.

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