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iamkevinmckee/many-to-many
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Easily generate a migration for a many to many relationship

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Generate Many to Many Migrations
================================

[](#generate-many-to-many-migrations)

When you want to make a [many to many](https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/eloquent-relationships#many-to-many) relationship in Laravel, you need to create a pivot table. This package gives you a command to generate the migration for that pivot table automatically.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require iamkevinmckee/many-to-many --dev
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

When you need to create a pivot table for a many to many relationship, just run the following command:

```
php artisan many-to-many FirstModel SecondModel
```

For example:

```
php artisan many-to-many tag post
```

This will generate a migration with the following `up` method:

```
public function up()
{
    Schema::create('post_tag', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->unsignedBigInteger('post_id');
        $table->unsignedBigInteger('tag_id');
        $table->foreign('post_id')->references('id')->on('posts')
            ->onDelete('cascade');
        $table->foreign('tag_id')->references('id')->on('tags')
            ->onDelete('cascade');
    });
}
```

Then you only need to run the migrate command and add the relationship to the models.

### Changelog

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

### Security

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Kevin McKee](https://github.com/iamkevinmckee)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

Laravel Package Boilerplate
---------------------------

[](#laravel-package-boilerplate)

This package was generated using the [Laravel Package Boilerplate](https://laravelpackageboilerplate.com).

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~270 days

Total

4

Last Release

1149d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4503765?v=4)[Kevin McKee](/maintainers/iamkevinmckee)[@iAmKevinMcKee](https://github.com/iAmKevinMcKee)

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Top Contributors

[![iAmKevinMcKee](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4503765?v=4)](https://github.com/iAmKevinMcKee "iAmKevinMcKee (7 commits)")

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