Migrations/Tables

Commenter publishes following three migrations/tables. When migrating these tables, name collisions may occur if your project already uses the same table names as Commenter's tables. This page provides guidance on how to avoid such collisions.

Migration Name	Table Name
create_comments_table	comments
create_guests_table	guests
create_reactions_table	reactions

Imagine your project already has a comments table, and you want to rename Commenter's comments table to lakm_comments.

Step-1

Create a model.

php artisan make:model LakmComment

Step-2

Extend the model with the relevant base model. You can find the respective base models in the config/commenter.php configuration file. Then, define the table name in the $table property, with the public accessible.

 
 // config/commenter.php
 
 use LakM\Comments\Models\Comment;
 
 /**
   * Comment Model
   * Must extend base model LakM\Comments\Models\Comment
   */
  'model' => Comment::class,

// app/models/LakmComment.php

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use LakM\Comments\Models\Comment;

class LakmComment extends Comment
{
    public $table = 'lakm_comments'; // This line is a must have
}

?>

Step-3

Go to config/comment.php file and change the relevant model class.

// config/commenter.php
 
 use App\Models\LakmComment;
 
 /**
   * Comment Model
   * Must extend base model LakM\Comments\Models\Comment
   */
  'model' => LakmComment::class,

Step-4

Go to the relevant migration file and change the table name.

// database/migrations/{timestamp}_create_comments_table.php

 public function up(): void
    {
        Schema::create('lakm_comments', function (Blueprint $table) {
            ...
        });

        Schema::table('lakm_comments', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->foreign('reply_id')->references('id')->on('lakm_comments')->cascadeOnDelete();
        });
    }

    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     */
    public function down(): void
    {
        Schema::dropIfExists('lakm_comments');
    }

Though it is not necessary, it is recommended to rename the migration file as well. In the above example, it can be renamed to {timestamp}_create_lakm_comments_table.php.