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[Database & ORM](/categories/database) 4. / 5. belsrc/db-reflection AbandonedArchivedLibrary[Database & ORM](/categories/database) belsrc/db-reflection ==================== Reflection classes for the database. 0.3.1(12y ago)119BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=5.3.0 Since Mar 26Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/belsrc/db-reflection)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/belsrc/db-reflection)[ Docs](https://github.com/belsrc/)[ RSS](/packages/belsrc-db-reflection/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3d ago READMEChangelogDependencies (6)Versions (8)Used By (0) [![No Maintenance Intended](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b667ecaf427625f58af41b27a431397913e9a502ac7498cceecc7a54e7a4851b/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f4e6f2532304d61696e74656e616e6365253230496e74656e6465642d782d7265642e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265266c6f6e6743616368653d74727565)](http://unmaintained.tech/) DbReflection ============ [](#dbreflection) Reflection classes for databases. \[Has only been tested against MySQL\] ### Install [](#install) You can install it by downloading the [zip](https://github.com/belsrc/db-reflection/archive/master.zip) and including it in your project or, preferably, using Composer. ``` { "require": { "belsrc/db-reflection": "dev-master" } } ``` If you are using Laravel you can also include the ServiceProvider in the `app/config/app.php` 'providers' array. ``` 'Belsrc\DbReflection\DbReflectionServiceProvider' ``` as well as the Facade in the 'aliases' array. ``` 'DbReflection' => 'Belsrc\DbReflection\Facades\DbReflection' ``` #### Quick Example [](#quick-example) ``` $col = DbReflection::getColumn( 'column', 'table', 'database' ); ``` You can also use the short-hand, cleaner route. ``` $col = DbReflection::getColumn( 'database.table.column' ); ``` #### Commands [](#commands) If using Laravel, the package will also expose a few artisan command. ``` reflect:column path Get the information about a particular column. Argument: path The 'path' of the column (i.e. 'database.table.column') reflect:database database Get the information about a particular database. Argument: database The name of the database. reflect:table path Get the information about a particular table. Argument: path The 'path' of the table (i.e. 'database.table.column') php artisan reflect:database mocking_db ------------------------------- | name | mocking_db | | charset | utf8 | | collation | utf8_unicode_ci | | tables | 25 | ------------------------------- php artisan reflect:table mocking_db.app_user ------------------------------------ | name | app_user | | type | BASE TABLE | | length | 16384 | | maxLength | 0 | | increment | 16 | | createdAt | 2014-02-18 12:00:41 | | updatedAt | | | checksum | | | options | | | comment | Authorized app users | | database | mocking_db | | columns | 12 | ------------------------------------ php artisan reflect:column mocking_db.app_user.entity_id -------------------------------------------------- | name | entity_id | | position | 1 | | defaultValue | | | isNullable | NO | | dataType | int | | precision | 10 | | maxLength | | | columnType | int(10) unsigned | | charset | | | extra | auto_increment | | privileges | select,insert,update,references | | comment | | | table | app_user | | database | mocking_db | | constraints | Primary Key | -------------------------------------------------- ``` #### Code Behind [](#code-behind) ``` print_r( DbReflection::getDatabase( 'mysql' ) ); /* Belsrc\DbReflection\Reflection\ReflectionDatabase Object ( [name] => mysql [charset] => utf8 [collation] => utf8_general_ci [tables] => Array ( [0] => columns_priv [1] => db [2] => event [3] => func [4] => general_log [5] => help_category [6] => help_keyword [7] => help_relation [8] => help_topic [9] => host [10] => ndb_binlog_index [11] => plugin [12] => proc [13] => procs_priv [14] => proxies_priv [15] => servers [16] => slow_log [17] => tables_priv [18] => time_zone [19] => time_zone_leap_second [20] => time_zone_name [21] => time_zone_transition [22] => time_zone_transition_type [23] => user ) ) */ print_r( DbReflection::getTable( 'mysql.help_topic' ) ); /* Belsrc\DbReflection\Reflection\ReflectionTable Object ( [name] => help_topic [type] => BASE TABLE [length] => 444876 [maxLength] => 281474976710655 [increment] => [createdAt] => 2012-04-19 09:45:09 [updatedAt] => 2012-04-19 15:45:10 [checksum] => [options] => [comment] => help topics [database] => mysql [columns] => Array ( [0] => help_topic_id [1] => name [2] => help_category_id [3] => description [4] => example [5] => url ) ) */ print_r( DbReflection::getColumn( 'mysql.help_topic.help_topic_id' ) ); /* Belsrc\DbReflection\Reflection\ReflectionColumn Object ( [name] => help_topic_id [position] => 1 [defaultValue] => [isNullable] => NO [dataType] => int [precision] => 10 [maxLength] => [columnType] => int(10) unsigned [charSet] => [extra] => [privileges] => select,insert,update,references [comment] => [table] => help_topic [database] => mysql [constraints] => Array ( [0] => Belsrc\DbReflection\Reflection\ReflectionConstraint Object ( [type] => Primary Key [name] => PRIMARY [column] => help_topic_id [table] => help_topic [database] => mysql [foreign_db] => [foreign_table] => [foreign_column] => ) ) ) */ ``` License ------- [](#license) DbReflection is released under a BSD 3-Clause License Copyright © 2013-2014, Bryan Kizer All rights reserved. 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