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What Files are Inside the CRUD

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Sometimes there is a need to create a new CRUD for existing panel, even after a lot of manual code changes. How to add new CRUD's code into existing system? For that, you need to understand its structure.

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Default MVC Files

When you create a CRUD, minimum of 14 new files are generated automatically - 10 new files, and 4 old ones re-generated.

There may be more changes, depending on CRUDs fields and modules involved.

For example, if you create CRUD called Transactions with a few simple columns like "amount" and "transaction_date", here's the minimum list of generated files:

[New Model]

  • app/Transaction.php

[New Controller]

  • app/Http/Controllers/Admin/TransactionsController.php

[New Form Requests]

  • app/Http/Requests/MassDestroyTransactionRequest.php

  • app/Http/Requests/StoreTransactionRequest.php

  • app/Http/Requests/UpdateTransactionRequest.php

[New database migration]

  • database/migrations/2019_12_02_000005_create_transactions_table.php

[New Blade views]

  • resources/views/admin/transactions/create.blade.php

  • resources/views/admin/transactions/edit.blade.php

  • resources/views/admin/transactions/index.blade.php

  • resources/views/admin/transactions/show.blade.php

[Changed main menu Blade view]

  • resources/views/partials/menu.blade.php

[Changed main routes]

  • routes/web.php

[Changed Seeds for Permissions]

  • database/seeds/PermissionsTableSeeder.php

[Changed Translation Files for new CRUD]

  • resources/lang/en/cruds.php

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Database Migrations: Important Notice

After every new or changed CRUD, we regenerate all migration files to make sure they are in the right order, to avoid creating foreign keys on non-existing tables. Therefore, keep in mind that you need to double-check the migration files manually, so they still work after you merge changes.

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Additional Files - Depending on Parameters

A few more files may change with each new CRUD.

For example, if you add a belongsTo relationship column to other CRUD like Users, then additional these files are touched:

  • [Changed] app/User.php

  • [New] database/migrations/2019_12_02_relationships_transactions_table.php

If you ticked the checkbox to generate API, another list of new files:

  • [New] app/Http/Controllers/Api/V1/Admin/TransactionsApiController.php

  • [New] app/Http/Resources/Admin/TransactionResource.php

  • [Changed] routes/api.php

And the list may be bigger, with additional field types or modules. But, in short, these are the minimum files you need to download and copy-paste or merge into your existing project code.

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Practical Example

If you want to view content of those files, here is an example Github Pull Requestarrow-up-right of changed files for one new CRUD, similar to the above example.

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