Add Version Control to Laravel Models

  Control for Laravel is a package that provides database version control for Eloquent models. This package works by creating a separate *_versions database table that corresponds with the model (i.e., users_versions).

You start by extending the package's base model for models you'd like to include version control:

1use Redsnapper\LaravelVersionControl\Models\BaseModel;
2 
3class Post extends BaseModel
4{
5}

Since two tables are required, you need to use the provided base Migration class to define migrations:

 1use Redsnapper\LaravelVersionControl\Database\Blueprint;
 2use Redsnapper\LaravelVersionControl\Database\Migration;
 3 
 4class CreateUsersTable extends Migration
 5{
 6    /**
 7     * Run the migrations.
 8     *
 9     * @return void
10     */
11    public function up()
12    {
13        $this->makeVcTables("users",function(Blueprint $table){
14            $table->string('email')->unique();
15            $table->string('password');
16        },function(Blueprint $table){
17            $table->string('email');
18            $table->string('password');
19        });
20    }
21}

Finally, you can retrieve model versions using the versions() method on models that extend the base model in this package:

1$model->versions();

You can learn more about this package, get full installation instructions, and view the source code on GitHub.