simple-sql-columns (#110)

Author: Bizley

README.md

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ You can easily generate updating migration for database table by comparing its c
 | `fixHistory`         | `fh`  | Whether to add migration history entry when migration is generated.
 | `skipMigrations`     |       | List of migrations from the history table that should be skipped during the update process (see [2] below).
 | `excludeTables`      |       | List of tables that should be skipped.
-
+| `experimental`       | `ex`  | **New in 4.1.0** - Whether to run in experimental mode (see [3] below).
 
 [1] Remember that with different database types general column schemas may be generated with different length.
 
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ You can easily generate updating migration for database table by comparing its c
 setting the RBAC hierarchy with authManager component. Such actions should be kept in separated migration and placed on 
 this list to prevent them from being run during the extraction process.
 
+[3] This mode allows using raw SQL column definition for migration updater (i.e. `['column' => 'varchar(255)']` instead 
+of `['column' => $this->string()]`). Since the generating process in this mode depends on the individual DBMS syntax 
+the results might not be correct. All help improving this mode is more than welcome.
+
 ## Renaming
 
 When you rename a table or a column remember to generate appropriate migration manually otherwise this extension will 

src/Extractor.php

@@ -19,9 +19,16 @@ final class Extractor implements ExtractorInterface
     /** @var Connection */
     private $db;
 
-    public function __construct(Connection $db)
+    /**
+     * @var bool
+     * @since 4.1.0
+     */
+    private $experimental;
+
+    public function __construct(Connection $db, bool $experimental = false)
     {
         $this->db = $db;
+        $this->experimental = $experimental;
     }
 
     /** @var MigrationChangesInterface */
@@ -56,7 +63,7 @@ public function extract(string $migration, array $migrationPaths): void
             require_once $file;
         }
 
-        $this->subject = new $migration(['db' => clone $this->db]);
+        $this->subject = new $migration(['db' => clone $this->db, 'experimental' => $this->experimental]);
         if ($this->subject instanceof MigrationChangesInterface === false) {
             throw new ErrorException(
                 "Class '{$migration}' must implement bizley\migration\dummy\MigrationChangesInterface."