How to use triggers in laravel?

@raven_corwin 

Triggers are used in Laravel to automatically perform actions on the database when certain conditions are met.

To use triggers in Laravel, you can follow these steps:

1. Create a new migration using the make:migration Artisan command:

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php artisan make:migration AddTriggerToTable

1. Open the newly created migration file located in the database/migrations directory and add the trigger definition inside the up method. For example:

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Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
    DB::unprepared('CREATE TRIGGER my_trigger
        AFTER INSERT ON users
        FOR EACH ROW
        BEGIN
            // Trigger logic goes here
        END');
});

1. Run the migration to apply the trigger to the database:

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php artisan migrate

1. You can also drop the trigger using the down method of the same migration file. For example:

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Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
    DB::unprepared('DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS my_trigger');
});

1. You can also use triggers in raw SQL queries within your Laravel application. For example, you can create a trigger using the DB facade:

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DB::statement('CREATE TRIGGER my_trigger
    AFTER INSERT ON users
    FOR EACH ROW
    BEGIN
        // Trigger logic goes here
    END');

Triggers can be a powerful tool in managing database actions in Laravel applications. However, it is important to be careful when using triggers as they can introduce complexity and potentially affect the performance of your application.