HOW TO ADD NEW COLUMN

[ctw28]

i need to add some column field in same file. can u tell how? cause in README.md i only found add column when create new file. thank you

[gam6itko]

@ctw28 unfortunately there is currently no way to add a new column to an existing file. If you really need it, I can start developing this feature.

[ctw28]

yes, i need it, and i would say thank you if you want to develop this feature. and i think, it will be great feature.

[JohnnyQ352]

You can add a column to an existing table in Laravel before you set data

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
DB::raw('ALTER TABLE '.$FullTableLocationPath.' ADD COLUMN new_column_name VARCHAR(255)');

$dbfTable = new WritableTable($FullTableLocationPath, [
'editMode' => WritableTable::EDIT_MODE_CLONE,
]);

foreach ($query as $row) {
$record = $dbfTable->appendRecord();

foreach ($row as $field => $value) {
	$column = strtolower($field);
	$record->set($column, $value);
}
$dbfTable->writeRecord()->save();

}

$dbfTable->close();
}

You can do it using PDO in laravel as well

$dsn = 'dbase://your_path/to/your_dbase_file';
$pdo = new PDO($dsn);

$sql = 'ALTER TABLE your_table_name ADD COLUMN new_column_name VARCHAR(255)';
$pdo->exec($sql);

.... Then do set data parts here..