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magicdiff generates automagically sql diffs for a database between two given states.

Key benefits

• Spits out real sql queries that can be applied on previous state
• Does not use sql triggers or binary / ddl logs
• Works with any shared hosting provider
• Data and schema changes, at the same time
• Fast
• Command line tool and class usage possible
• Covered through test suite
• Returns (separate) diffs and patch files
• Can ignore certain tables
• Takes care of (primary) keys and all kinds or altering tables
• Zero dependencies

Disclaimer

This does not prevent you from taking backups. Use this script at your own risk.

Command line

Installation

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vielhuber/magicdiff/master/src/magicdiff.php

Usage

php magicdiff.php setup
php magicdiff.php init
php magicdiff.php diff

Class

Installation

composer require vielhuber/magicdiff

Usage

<?php
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
use vielhuber\magicdiff\magicdiff;
magicdiff::setup();
magicdiff::init();
magicdiff::diff();