How to work with many database schemas in a laravel migration file?

Question

I'm trying to separate my tables into different schemas while writing migration files with Laravel.

I was wondering what's the best approach to do it. Currently, the table creation goes like:

 Schema::create('schema_name.table_name', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->increments('id');
        (...)
    });

Should I try to use a different connection, another option or it's ok like this?

yes I did. and I actually know how to do it. But I don't like this approach. Do you have any contribution besides googling? — M W.
– M W., Commented Sep 21, 2017 at 11:19

Ajay Kumar · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-21 12:37:54Z

6

try this

first in config/database.php add another connection

'connections' => [
    'mysql' => [...],

    'mysql1' => [
            'driver' => 'mysql',
            'host' => env('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
            'port' => env('DB_PORT', '3306'),
            'database' => env('DB_DATABASE_NAME', 'forge'),
            'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
            'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
            'charset' => 'utf8',
            'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
            'prefix' => '',
            'strict' => false,
            'engine' => null,
        ],

      ...
]

Then in migration

Schema::connection('mysql1')->create('table_name', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->increments('id');
    (...)
});

edited Sep 21, 2017 at 12:37

answered Sep 20, 2017 at 19:22

Ajay Kumar

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3 Comments

M W. Over a year ago

I added a connection with other schema set. In the Migration class extended by laravel migrations there's a $connection property. It doesn's seems to change anything if I set my connection there. Do you know how does it works?

Ajay Kumar Over a year ago

in this answer i added mysql1 new connection then i changed connection in migration as above then simply run php artisan migrate it will migrate. after that in Model add protected $connection = 'mysql1' and use model as you always do.

M W. Over a year ago

I wish there was a better way... anyway, I think that's the proper answer

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