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Handle database schemas on Drupal 8

Submitted by editor on Tue, 11/22/2016 - 16:05
Question

How to handle (create table, alter ...) database schemas on drupal 8 ?

Get Database Schema

$schema = \Drupal\Core\Database\Database::getConnection()->schema();

 

Create a table.

$spec = array(
'description' => 'New table description',
'fields' => array(
  'id' => array(
    'type' => 'serial',
    'not null' => TRUE,
  ),
  'name' => array(
    'type' => 'varchar',
    'length' => 64,
    'not null' => TRUE,
    'default' => '',
  ),
  'value' => array(
    'type' => 'varchar',
    'length' => 64,
    'not null' => TRUE,
    'default' => '',
  ),
),
'primary key' => array('id'),
);
$schema->createTable('the_table_name', $spec);

 
 

Drop / Delete a field.

$schema = Database::getConnection()->schema();
$schema->dropField('the_table_name', 'field_to_drop');

Add a field to a table.

$spec = array(
    'type' => 'varchar',
    'length' => '255',
    'not null' => TRUE,
    'default' => '0',
);
$schema->addField('the_table_name', 'field_to_add', $spec);

 

Examples

Delete a table field from hook_update_N()

/**
 * Update 8001, Delete Field 'field_to_delete' from table 'the_test_table'.
 */
function mymodule_update_8001(&$sandbox) {
    $schema = \Drupal\Core\Database\Database::getConnection()->schema();
    $schema->dropField('the_test_table', 'field_to_delete');

    return ('The field field_to_delete has been dropped from the_test_table');
}

 

More : https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes!database!schema.inc/group/schemaapi/7.x

Comments

 public function buildForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {

 $form['set_start_date'] = [
      '#title' => $this->t('START DATE '),
      '#type' => 'date',
      '#attributes' => array('type'=> 'date', 'min'=> '-12 months', 'max' => 'now' ),
      '#date_date_format' => 'd/m/Y',
      '#required' => TRUE,
    ];

 $form['set_end_date'] = [
      '#title' => $this->t('END DATE'),
      '#type' => 'date',
      '#attributes' => array('type'=> 'date', 'min'=> '-12 months', 'max' => 'now' ),
      '#date_date_format' => 'd/m/Y',
      '#required' => TRUE,
    ];
    
 
  $form['actions']['#type'] = 'actions';
  $form['actions']['submit'] = array(
      '#type' => 'submit',
      '#value' => $this->t('Fetch'),
      '#button_type' => 'primary',
    );
    return $form;

}

how can i fetch table from start date to end date on button click

 public function buildForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {

 $form['set_start_date'] = [
      '#title' => $this->t('START DATE '),
      '#type' => 'date',
      '#attributes' => array('type'=> 'date', 'min'=> '-12 months', 'max' => 'now' ),
      '#date_date_format' => 'd/m/Y',
      '#required' => TRUE,
    ];

 $form['set_end_date'] = [
      '#title' => $this->t('END DATE'),
      '#type' => 'date',
      '#attributes' => array('type'=> 'date', 'min'=> '-12 months', 'max' => 'now' ),
      '#date_date_format' => 'd/m/Y',
      '#required' => TRUE,
    ];
    
 
  $form['actions']['#type'] = 'actions';
  $form['actions']['submit'] = array(
      '#type' => 'submit',
      '#value' => $this->t('Fetch'),
      '#button_type' => 'primary',
    );
    return $form;

}

 

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