How to refactor common columns in migration in laravel?

I have these columns which I need to use on every migration tables.

$table->string('created_by');
$table->string('updated_by')->nullable();
$table->timestamps();

I need to extract these line, so that I do not have to write them every time. How can I achieve that with laravel 5.2?

InaniELHoussain

9 years ago

Best Answer

Level 32

trait usedColumns {

    public function runColmuns($table)
    {
    $table->string('created_by'); $table->string('updated_by')->nullable(); $table->timestamps();
    }

}

EDIT : $table should be passed

and in your migration's class, use the trait and run the method

$this->runColmuns($table);

ShafiqulIslam

9 years ago

Level 1

Thanks. It works after I passed the $table to the function.

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sirony25

2 years ago

Level 1

Blueprint is macroable, so you can just define a macro on it in a service provider. Please see this following link

https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/laravel/writing-custom-blueprints-for-migration-in-my-large-project?page=1&replyId=901390

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