schema->hasTable('Questions'); if ($hasPreviousQuestionsTable) { // Rename because some SQL DBMS handle identifiers case insensitive $this->schema->rename('Questions', 'PreviousQuestions'); } $this->createNewQuestionsTable(); if ($hasPreviousQuestionsTable) { $this->copyPreviousToNewQuestionsTable(); $this->changeReferences( 'PreviousQuestions', 'QID', 'questions', 'id' ); $this->schema->drop('PreviousQuestions'); } } public function down(): void { // Rename as some SQL DBMS handle identifiers case insensitive $this->schema->rename('questions', 'new_questions'); $this->createPreviousQuestionsTable(); $this->copyNewToPreviousQuestionsTable(); $this->changeReferences( 'new_questions', 'id', 'Questions', 'QID' ); $this->schema->drop('new_questions'); } private function createNewQuestionsTable(): void { $this->schema->create('questions', function (Blueprint $table): void { $table->increments('id'); $this->referencesUser($table); $table->text('text'); $table->text('answer')->nullable(); $this->references($table, 'users', 'answerer_id')->nullable(); }); } private function copyPreviousToNewQuestionsTable(): void { $connection = $this->schema->getConnection(); /** @var stdClass[] $previousQuestionsRecords */ $previousQuestionsRecords = $connection ->table('PreviousQuestions') ->get(); foreach ($previousQuestionsRecords as $previousQuestionRecord) { $connection->table('questions')->insert([ 'id' => $previousQuestionRecord->QID, 'user_id' => $previousQuestionRecord->UID, 'text' => $previousQuestionRecord->Question, 'answerer_id' => $previousQuestionRecord->AID, 'answer' => $previousQuestionRecord->Answer, ]); } } private function createPreviousQuestionsTable(): void { $this->schema->create('Questions', function (Blueprint $table): void { $table->increments('QID'); $this->references($table, 'users', 'UID'); $table->text('Question'); $this->references($table, 'users', 'AID')->nullable(); $table->text('Answer')->nullable(); }); } private function copyNewToPreviousQuestionsTable(): void { $connection = $this->schema->getConnection(); /** @var Collection|stdClass[] $questionRecords */ $questionRecords = $connection ->table('new_questions') ->get(); foreach ($questionRecords as $questionRecord) { $connection->table('Questions')->insert([ 'QID' => $questionRecord->id, 'UID' => $questionRecord->user_id, 'Question' => $questionRecord->text, 'AID' => $questionRecord->answerer_id, 'Answer' => $questionRecord->answer, ]); } } }