Database
Contributing database schema changes
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Database Migrations
Elgg uses Phinx to manage the database migrations.
Create a migration
To create a new migration run the following in your console:
vendor/bin/phinx create -c engine/schema/migrations.php MigrationClassName
This will generate a timestamped skeleton migration in engine/schema/migrations/
. Follow Phinx documentation to call
the necessary methods to modify the database tables.
Executing a migration
Migrations are executed every time your run upgrade.php
. If you would like to execute migrations manually, you can
do so via the command line:
// When Elgg is the root project
vendor/bin/phinx migrate -c engine/schema/migrations.php
// When Elgg is installed as a Composer dependency
vendor/bin/phinx migrate -c vendor/elgg/elgg/engine/schema/migrations.php
Check Phinx documentation for additional flags that allow you to run a single migration or a set of migrations within a time range.