[Proposal] php artisan db:backup && php artisan db:restore

[tommymarshall]

php artisan db:backup

Pretty simple syntax. The first command will backup the DB and store it in app/storage/backups and timestamp it.

php artisan db:restore

The second will restore the most recent database or you can name the backup to restore.

Thoughts?

[davss]

Would be nice to consider giving files more meaningful names i.e. timestamp + custom_file_name as an option.

php artisan db:backup to_user_custom_file_name
php artisan db:restore from_user_selected_file_name

[crynobone]

1. What data type would you suggest it would store it as.
2. With the suggested data type, would it be compatible with all supported database?
3. Why not start as a package?

[schickling]

👍 Nice idea!

[taylorotwell]

I think this would make a good package as @crynobone mentioned. It's a little more than we can take on in the core right now I think.

[schickling]

Hey @tommymarshall I created a package for that need.

You can find it here: https://github.com/schickling/laravel-backup
Please feel free to contribute.