Version 2.1

This migrations plugin enables developers to quickly and easily manage and migrate between database schema versions.

As an application is developed, changes to the database may be required, and managing that in teams can get extremely difficult. Migrations enables you to share and co-ordinate database changes in an iterative manner, removing the complexity of handling these changes.

• Unzip or clone this plugin into your app/Plugin/Migrations folder or the shared plugins folder for your CakePHP installation.
• Add the plugin to your app/Config/bootstrap.php using CakePlugin::load('Migrations')
• Run Console/cake Migrations.migration -p Migrations to initialized the schema_migrations table

The first step to adding migrations to an existing database is to import the database's structure into a format the migrations can work with. Namely a migration file. To create the first migration file run the following command:

cake Migrations.migration generate

Answer the questions asked, and it will generate a new file containing a database structure snapshot using the internal migration's plugin syntax. If you want import all tables regardless if it has a model or not you can use -f (force) parameter while running the command:

cake Migrations.migration generate -f 

After generating or being supplied a set of migrations, you can process them to change the state of your database.

This is the crux of the migrations plugin, allowing migration of schemas up and down the migration chain, offering flexibility and easy management of your schema and data states.

To get all pending changes into your database run:

cake Migrations.migration all

cake Migrations.migration reset

cake Migrations.migration down

cake Migrations.migration up

cake migration all --plugin Users

0 = Success 1 = No migrations available 2 = Not a valid migration version

Once you have Generated your first Migration you will probably do more changes to your database. To simplify the generation of new migration you can do Schema Diffs. To this, you need to follow the steps:

1. Generate your first Migration (if haven't generated yet)
2. Generate a schema file with cake schema generate
3. Do changes to your database using your favorite tool
4. Generate a new migration file doing cake Migrations.migration generate

If you prefer full control over your changes, or do not want to mess with sql at all you have the option to manually create your migration files. First create a blank migration doing:

cake Migrations.migration generate

And skip the databse to schema comparison if asked. Then open the newly created file under app/Config/Migrations. The file must be filled using the migration directives as follows:

Create table is used for the creation of new tables in your database. Note that migrations will generate errors if the specified table already exists in the database. Directives exist (Drop, Rename) to deal with existing tables before proceeding with table creation.

Example:

'create_table' => array(
	'categories' => array(
		'id' => array(
			'type'    =>'string',
			'null'    => false,
			'default' => NULL,
			'length'  => 36,
			'key'     => 'primary'),
		'name' => array(
			'type'    =>'string',
			'null'    => false,
			'default' => NULL),
		'indexes' => array(
			'PRIMARY' => array(
				'column' => 'id',
				'unique' => 1)
		)
	),
	'emails' => array(
		'id' => array(
			'type'    => 'string',
			'length ' => 36,
			'null'    => false,
			'key'     => 'primary'),
		'data' => array(
			'type'    => 'text',
			'null'    => false,
			'default' => NULL),
		'sent' => array(
			'type'    => 'boolean',
			'null'    => false,
			'default' => '0'),
		'error' => array(
			'type'    => 'text',
			'default' => NULL),
		'created' => array(
			'type' => 'datetime'),
		'modified' => array(
			'type' => 'datetime'),
		'indexes' => array(
			'PRIMARY' => array(
				'column' => 'id',
				'unique' => 1)
		)
	)
);

Drop table is used for removing tables from the schema. Directives exist Create, Rename to handle other table based migration operations.

'drop_table' => array(
	'categories',
	'emails'
)

Changes the name of a table in the database. Directives exist (Create, Drop) to handle creation and deletion of tables.

'rename_table' => array(
	'categories' => 'groups',
	'emails' => 'email_addresses'
)

Create Field is used to add fields to an existing table in the schema. Note that migrations will generate errors if the specified field already exists in the table. Directives exist (Drop, Rename, Alter) to deal with existing fields before proceeding with field addition.

'create_field' => array(
	'categories' => array(
		'created' => array(
			'type' => 'datetime'),
		'modified' => array(
			'type' => 'datetime')
	)
)

Drop field is used for removing fields from existing tables in the schema. Directives exist (Create, Rename, Alter) to handle other field based migration operations.

'drop_field' => array(
	'categories' => array(
		'created',
		'modified'),
	'emails' => array(
		'error')
)

Changes the field properties in an existing table. Note that partial table specifications are passed, which is a subset of a full array of Table data. These are the fields that are to be modified as part of the operation. If you wish to leave some fields untouched, simply exclude them from the Table spec for the alter operation. Directives exist (Create, Drop, Rename) to handle other field operations.

'alter_field' => array(
	'categories' => array(
		'indexes' => array(
			'NAMES' => false,
			'NAME' => array(
				'column' => 'name',
				'unique' => 0),
		)
	)
)

Changes the name of a field on a specified table in the database. Directives exist (Create, Drop, Alter) to handle creation and deletion of fields.

'rename_field' => array(
	'categories' => array(
		'name' => 'title'
	),
	'emails' => array(
		'error' => 'error_code',
		'modified' => 'updated'
	),
)

• PHP version: PHP 5.2+
• CakePHP version: 2.1

For support and feature request, please visit the Migrations Plugin Support Site.

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