laravel5 migration copy existing table

Question

I have table "table_1" which was formulated by many migrations (add/change fields)

I want to create new table which is copy of existing one "copy_of_table_1" (using migrations) with the same structure as "table_1" what is the best way to do this ?

I want to avoid make new migration and copy paste all added changed fields

Answer 1

You can do this with a raw query:

<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use DB;

class MyNewTable extends Migration {

    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        DB::statement('CREATE TABLE newtable LIKE oldtable; ');
    }


    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::drop('newtable');
    }

}

Definitely not recommended, but possible.