tomshaw/laravel-database-export

A Laravel database export console command.

v0.2.1 2026-02-20 04:44 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.3|^8.4|^8.5

Requires (Dev)

• larastan/larastan: ^3.0
• laravel/pint: ^1.20
• orchestra/testbench: ^10.0
• pestphp/pest: ^3.0
• phpstan/phpstan: ^2.0

MIT

• Tom Shaw

• database
• console
• laravel
• exporter
• artisan

README

A Laravel database export console command. Supports MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQL Server.

Requirements

• PHP 8.3, 8.4, or 8.5
• Laravel 12

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require tomshaw/laravel-database-export

Usage

You can use the command like this:

php artisan db:export

You can also provide a password for the zip file:

php artisan db:export --password=yourpassword

Configuration

The command uses the following configuration keys:

• database-export.disks.backup_filename: The base filename for the backup.
• database-export.disks.backup_directory: The directory where the backup files will be stored.

Description

The Database Export command does the following:

1. Checks if the ZipArchive class is available.
2. Retrieves the database connection details from the environment variables.
3. Builds the command to export the database based on the database connection.
4. Executes the command and saves the output to a file.
5. Creates a zip file and adds the output file to it.
6. Deletes the output file.
7. Prints a success message.

Support

If you have any issues or questions, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

License

The MIT License (MIT). See License File for more information.