=Add feature to allow generating resouce from existing MySql database. Also, add a feature to generate fields-file form existing MySQL database.

Author: malhayek2014

README.md

@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ For full documentation and screenshots please visit <a href="https://crestapps.c
 
 ## Introduction
 
-A very clean code generator for Laravel framework that will save you time! This awesome tool will help you generate resources like views, controllers, routes, migration or request form!
+A clean code generator for Laravel framework that will save you time! This awesome tool will help you generate resources like views, controllers, routes, migrations, languages or request-forms! It is extremely flexible and customizable to cover many on the use cases. It is shipped with cross-browsers compatible template, along with a client-side validation to modernize your application.
 
 ## Features
 
-* Create full resource with a single command.
+* Create full resource using a single command with/without <strong>migration</strong> or from <strong>existing database</strong>.
 * Create standard CRUD controllers with simple or form-request validation.
 * Create model.
 * Create named routes.
@@ -29,43 +29,41 @@ A very clean code generator for Laravel framework that will save you time! This
 
 ## Installation
 
-> If you don't already have `LaravelCollective Forms & HTML package` installed it will be installed for you. However you'll still have to update your config/app.php to bootstrap the package to the framework.
+> If you don't have LaravelCollective Forms & HTML package installed, it will be installed for you. However you'll still have to update your config/app.php to bootstrap the package to the framework.
 
 
-Using the command line execute the following command 
+
+ To download this package into your laravel project, use the command-line to execute the following command 
 ```
 composer require crestapps/laravel-code-generator --dev
 ```
 
-Open the `config/app.php` file in your project and do the following two steps
-First, look for the `providers` array. Add the following service provider to it.
+ To bootstrap the packages into your project, open the `config/app.php` file in your project and follow the 
+
 
+First, look for the `providers` array. Add the following line to bootstrap laravel-code-generator to the framework.
 ```
-//Add this line to bootstrap laravel-code-generator to the framework
 CrestApps\CodeGenerator\CodeGeneratorServiceProvider::class,
+```
 
-//Only add this line if one does not already exists.
-//The following line will bootstrap LaravelCollective to the framework.
+Add the following line to bootstrap "LaravelCollective Forms & HTML package" to the framework.
+```
 Collective\Html\HtmlServiceProvider::class,
 ```
 
-Second, look for the `aliases` array in the `config/app.php` file. Add the following code to it only if `LaravelCollective Forms & HTML` package was already installed.
+Second, look for the `aliases` array. Then, add the following two lines to create an aliase for "LaravelCollective Forms & HTML package".
 ```
-//Only add these two line if one does not already exists.
-//The following two line will finish bootstraping LaravelCollective to the framework
 'Form' => Collective\Html\FormFacade::class,
 'Html' => Collective\Html\HtmlFacade::class,
 ```
 
 
-Finally, publish the config and the default template to start generating awesome code.
-
+Finally, execute the following command from the command-line to publish the package's config and the default template to start generating awesome code.
 ```
 php artisan vendor:publish --provider="CrestApps\CodeGenerator\CodeGeneratorServiceProvider"
 ```
 
-> A layout is required for the default views! The code generator allows you to create a layout using the command line. Of cource you can use your own layout. You'll only need to include [CSS bootstrap framework](http://getbootstrap.com/ "CSS bootstrap framework") in your layout for the default templates to work properly. Additionally, you can chose to you design your own templetes and not use [CSS bootstrap framework](http://getbootstrap.com/ "CSS bootstrap framework") altogether.
-
+> A layout is required for the default views! The code generator allows you to create a layout using the command-line. Of cource you can use your own layout. You'll only need to include [CSS bootstrap framework](http://getbootstrap.com/ "CSS bootstrap framework") in your layout for the default templates to work properly. Additionally, you can chose to you design your own templetes using a different framework.
 
 
 ## Available Commands
@@ -86,11 +84,12 @@ php artisan vendor:publish --provider="CrestApps\CodeGenerator\CodeGeneratorServ
 * php artisan create:migration [table-name]
 * php artisan create:form-request [class-name]
 * php artisan create:language [language-file-name]
+* php artisan create:fields-file [table-name]
 
 > Full documentation available at [CrestApps.com](https://crestapps.com/laravel-code-generator/docs/1.0 "Laravel Code Generator Documentation"). 
 
 
 ## License
 
-The Laravel-CodeGenerator is open-sourced software licensed under the <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT" target="_blank" title="MIT license">MIT license</a>
+The "LaravelCode Generator" package is an open-sourced software licensed under the <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT" target="_blank" title="MIT license">MIT license</a>
 

composer.json

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
     "name": "crestapps/laravel-code-generator",
     "license": "MIT",
-    "description": "An awesome code generator for laravel framework.",
-    "version": "v1.0.3",
+    "description": "A clean code generator for Laravel framework that will save you time! This awesome tool will help you generate resources like views, controllers, routes, migrations, languages or request-forms! It is extremely flexible and customizable to cover many on the use cases. It is shipped with cross-browsers compatible template, along with a client-side validation to modernize your application",
+    "version": "v1.0.4",
     "keywords": [
         "laravel","crud","crud generator",
         "laravel crud generator","laravel crud builder",

config/codegenerator.php

@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@
 
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    | The data-value to eloquent method mapping.
+    | The data-value to Eloquent method mapping.
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     |
-    | In here you can add more keys to the array and eloquent method name as the value.
-    | A list of eloquent methods can be found on this link https://laravel.com/docs/5.3/migrations#creating-columns
+    | In here you can add more keys to the array and Eloquent method name as the value.
+    | A list of Eloquent methods can be found on this link https://laravel.com/docs/5.3/migrations#creating-columns
     | The only time you really have to add more items here is if you don't like using the existing data-value that are used
     | with the code generator.
     */
@@ -148,5 +148,56 @@
         'unsignedsmallint' => 'unsignedSmallInteger',
         'unsignedtinyinteger' => 'unsignedTinyInteger',
         'uuid' => 'uuid'
+    ],
+
+
+    /*
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    | Eloquent method to html-type mapping
+    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    |
+    | This is the mapping used to convert database-column into html field
+    */
+    'eloquent_type_to_html_type' =>
+    [
+        'char' => 'text',
+        'date' => 'text',
+        'dateTime' => 'text',
+        'dateTimeTz' => 'text',
+        'bigIncrements' => 'number',
+        'bigIncrements' => 'number',
+        'binary' => 'textarea',
+        'boolean' => 'radio',
+        'decimal' => 'number',
+        'double' => 'number',
+        'enum' => 'select',
+        'float' => 'number',
+        'integer' => 'number',
+        'integer' => 'number',
+        'ipAddress' => 'text',
+        'json' => 'checkbox',
+        'jsonb' => 'checkbox',
+        'longText' => 'textarea',
+        'macAddress' => 'text',
+        'mediumInteger' => 'number',
+        'mediumText' => 'textarea',
+        'string' => 'text',
+        'text' => 'textarea',
+        'time' => 'text',
+        'timeTz' => 'text',
+        'tinyInteger' => 'number',
+        'tinyInteger' => 'number',
+        'timestamp' => 'text',
+        'timestampTz' => 'text',
+        'unsignedBigInteger' => 'number',
+        'unsignedBigInteger' => 'number',
+        'unsignedInteger' => 'number',
+        'unsignedInteger' => 'number',
+        'unsignedMediumInteger' => 'number',
+        'unsignedMediumInteger' => 'number',
+        'unsignedSmallInteger' => 'number',
+        'unsignedSmallInteger' => 'number',
+        'unsignedTinyInteger' => 'number',
+        'uuid' => 'text',
     ]
 ];

src/CodeGeneratorServiceProvider.php

@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ public function register()
             'CrestApps\CodeGenerator\Commands\CreateMigrationCommand',
             'CrestApps\CodeGenerator\Commands\CreateResourceCommand',
             'CrestApps\CodeGenerator\Commands\CreateViewLayoutCommand',
-            'CrestApps\CodeGenerator\Commands\CreateLayoutCommand'
+            'CrestApps\CodeGenerator\Commands\CreateLayoutCommand',
+            'CrestApps\CodeGenerator\Commands\CreateFieldsFileCommand'
         );
     }
 

src/commands/CreateFieldsFileCommand.php

@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace CrestApps\CodeGenerator\Commands;
+
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use CrestApps\CodeGenerator\Support\GenerateFormViews;
+use CrestApps\CodeGenerator\Support\MysqlParser;
+use CrestApps\CodeGenerator\Support\Field;
+use CrestApps\CodeGenerator\Support\Helpers;
+use CrestApps\CodeGenerator\traits\CommonCommand;
+use DB;
+use File;
+use Exception;
+
+class CreateFieldsFileCommand extends Command
+{
+    use CommonCommand;
+
+    /**
+     * The name and signature of the console command.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $signature = 'create:fields-file
+                            {table-name : The dtabase table name to fetch the field from.}
+                            {--database-name= : The database name the table is stored in.}
+                            {--fields-filename= : The destination file name to create.}
+                            {--force : This option will override the view if one already exists.}';
+
+    /**
+     * The console command description.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $description = 'Create json fields file from existing database table.';
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the console command.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function handle()
+    {
+        $fields = $this->getFields();
+        $final = [];
+        foreach($fields as $field)
+        {
+            $final[] = $field->toArray();
+        }
+
+        if(File::exists($this->getDestinationFullname()) && !$this->isForce())
+        {
+            throw new Exception('The file ' . $this->getFilename() . ' already exists. To override it try passing the --force option to override it.' );
+        }
+
+        if($this->createFile($this->getDestinationFullname(), json_encode($final, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT)))
+        {
+            $this->info('A new Fields file have been created.');
+        } 
+        else 
+        {
+            $this->error('Something went wrong while trying to create the fields file.');
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create the destenation file.
+     *
+     * @param string $fullname
+     * @param string $content
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    protected function createFile($fullname, $content)
+    {
+        $this->createDirectory(dirname($fullname));
+
+        return File::put($fullname, $content);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the full name of the file to be created.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function getDestinationFullname()
+    {
+        return $this->getFieldsFilePath() . $this->getFilename();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the fields array.
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function getFields()
+    {
+        $driver = strtolower(DB::getDriverName());
+
+        if($driver == 'mysql')
+        {
+            return (new MysqlParser($this->getTableName(), $this->getDatabaseName()))->getFields();
+        } 
+        else 
+        {
+            throw new Exception('The database driver user is not supported!');
+        }
+
+        return [];
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks the options to see if the force command is provided
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    protected function isForce()
+    {
+        return $this->option('force');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the destenation filename.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function getFilename()
+    {
+        return Helpers::postFixWith(trim($this->option('fields-filename')) ?: $this->getTableName(), '.json');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the database name to use.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function getDatabaseName()
+    {
+        return trim($this->option('database-name')) ?: DB::getConfig('database');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the table name to use.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function getTableName()
+    {
+        return trim($this->argument('table-name'));
+    }
+}

src/commands/CreateResourceCommand.php

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class CreateResourceCommand extends Command
                             {--engine-name= : A specific engine name.}
                             {--layout-name=layouts.app : This will extract the validation into a request form class.}
                             {--template-name= : The template name to use when generating the code.}
+                            {--table-exists : This option will attempt to fetch the field from existing database table.}
                             {--force : This option will override the controller if one already exists.}';
 
 
@@ -60,6 +61,16 @@ public function handle()
     {
         $input = $this->getCommandInput();
 
+        if($input->tableExists)
+        {
+            $input->fields = null;
+            $input->fieldsFile = $input->table . '.json';
+            $input->withoutMigration = true;
+
+            $this->createFieldsFile($input);
+
+        }
+
         $fields = $this->getFields($input->fields, $input->languageFileName, $input->fieldsFile);
 
         if(empty($fields) || !isset($fields[0]))
@@ -108,6 +119,23 @@ protected function createMigration($input)
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Execute the command that generate fields' file.
+     * 
+     * @param object $input
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    protected function createFieldsFile($input)
+    {
+        $this->callSilent('create:fields-file', 
+            [
+                'table-name' => $input->table,
+                '--force' => $input->force
+            ]);
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Execute the command that generates a language
      * 
@@ -259,11 +287,12 @@ protected function getCommandInput()
         $engineName = trim($this->option('engine-name'));
         $template = $this->getTemplateName();
         $layoutName = trim($this->option('layout-name')) ?: 'layouts.app';
+        $tableExists = $this->option('table-exists');
 
         return (object) compact('modelName','controllerName','viewsDirectory','prefix','perPage','fields','force',
                                 'languageFileName','fieldsFile','formRequest','modelDirectory','table','fillable','primaryKey',
                                 'relationships','useSoftDelete','withoutTimeStamps','controllerDirectory','withoutMigration',
-                                'migrationClass','connectionName','indexes','foreignKeys','engineName','layoutName','template');
+                                'migrationClass','connectionName','indexes','foreignKeys','engineName','layoutName','template','tableExists');
     }
 
 }