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Laravel Migrations VS CodeIgniter Migrations

Laravel and CodeIgniter are both PHP frameworks. They have many differences but they also have their similarities. One of their similarities is that they both have migrations but I will be showing you the differences between their migrations.

Migration: A migration is a single PHP file that describes the changes to operate to the database. A migration file can create or drop tables, add or remove columns, create indexes and even insert data into your database.

The Setup:

Laravel:

Type the below into your command line:
php artisan make:migration migrationName
- The naming conventions I use for the migrationName
- If I am creating a table: createUsersTable
- If I am altering a table: alterUsersTableAddContact - I usually specify what I am altering incase I need to alter the table again in the future then it is easy to keep track of changes.

CodeIgniter:

Open application/config/migration.php and check that $config['migration_enabled'] is set to true.
In application/config/ create a folder called migrations
In the migrations folder is where you can create your migrations
- Naming conventions to use for the migration file name: YYYYMMDDHHIISS_create_users
  - where:
    - YYYYMMDDHHIISS is the time stamp of when you are creating the file
    - create_users is what the migration does (eg. creates a users table)
In the migration file you created add the below code:

Creating a Migration

Laravel:

Locate the migration file that was created (database/migrations/)
- If you are creating a table:

- If you are altering a table:

CodeIgniter:

Edit your migration file you created
- If you are creating a table:

- If you are altering a table:

Running Migrations

Laravel:

Type the below into your command line
- php artisan migrate
  - migrate:fresh will drop all the tables you currently have in your DB and migrate all migrations from scratch
  - migrate:rollback will rollback your DB to the state it was before you did your last migration

CodeIgniter:

To run the migrations you have created you will need to create a controller called migrate
In your migrate controller add the code below:
To run the migrations go to http://yoursite.com/migrate

Conclusion

Laravel and CodeIgniter are very similar in their processes but I find Laravel's migrations a lot easier and faster to implement.

Happy Coding!

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Rayne Falkenberg

Rayne is a web developer with experience in PHP web apps and has an interest in project management and mobile development.

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