📦 Installation Guide

This guide explains how to install the Laravel Migration Generator into your Laravel or Lumen application.

✅ Requirements

  • PHP ≥ 8.2

  • Laravel 5.x – 12.x supported

  • One of the following PHP extensions, depending on your database:

    • pdo_mysql (MySQL / MariaDB)

    • pdo_pgsql (PostgreSQL)

    • pdo_sqlsrv (SQL Server)

Supported databases:

  • ✅ MySQL 5.7, 8.0

  • ✅ PostgreSQL 15

  • ✅ Microsoft SQL Server 2022+

🚀 Installation via Composer

Install the package in your Laravel project:

composer require n3xt0r/laravel-migration-generator --dev

ℹ️ This package is intended as a development dependency.

Laravel will automatically discover the service provider.

🛠 Lumen Support

For Lumen, you must register the service provider manually:

  1. Open bootstrap/app.php

  2. Add the following line:

$app->register(\N3XT0R\MigrationGenerator\Providers\MigrationGeneratorServiceProvider::class);

⚙️ Publish Configuration (optional)

If you want to customize behavior (e.g. table filters, naming), you can publish the configuration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=migration-generator-config

This will create the file:

config/migration-generator.php

Inside, you can override table filters, data type mappings, and export behavior.

🐳 Docker Setup (Optional)

This project includes a ready-to-use docker-compose.yml for local testing with multiple databases.

🔧 Usage

Simply run:

docker-compose up -d

This will start local containers for:

  • mysql8 (MySQL 8.0)

  • postgres (PostgreSQL 15)

  • mssql (SQL Server 2022)

You can now run Artisan commands against each engine using environment overrides:

DB_CONNECTION=mysql php artisan migrate:regenerate
DB_CONNECTION=pgsql php artisan migrate:regenerate
DB_CONNECTION=sqlsrv php artisan migrate:regenerate

Ensure your .env is properly configured or use inline overrides.

✅ Next Step

➡️ Continue to the Usage Guide ›