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BourneShady
BourneShady

Reputation: 935

Add column to database via controller in laravel 4.2

Hi so i have a project that is already done but there was a request to add a new column to a specific table i was thinking of a way to add that new column to my table without using migrate or php artisan method to it. i was thinking if it is posible to implement it in the controller. say for example the column name is isOut then values should be false not null. thanks for any advice

Upvotes: 0

Views: 940

Answers (1)

piscator
piscator

Reputation: 8699

You can use the Schema Builder inside a controller as well as in migrations.

Just include use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;

Then run this inside a controller function:

Schema::table('table_name', function($table)
{
    $table->boolean('isOut')->default(false);
});

Take care only to run the controller function once, for example by creating a special route to this function with a random string.

Upvotes: 1

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