Insert Raw Data in MySQL Database in Laravel



You can make use of the Query Builder tool to insert raw data in MySQL tables. You have to include the class: Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB; or use DB;

Assume we have created a table named students using the CREATE statement as shown below ?

CREATE TABLE students( id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL, email VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL, created_at VARCHAR(27), updated_at VARCHAR(27), address VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL, age INTEGER );

Assume we have populated the above table with the following data ?

+----+---------------+------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------+------+
| id |    name       |      email       |      created_at     |     updated_at      | address | age  |
+----+---------------+------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------+------+
| 1  | Siya Khan     | siya@gmail.com   | 2022-05-01 13:45:55 | 2022-05-01 13:45:55 | xyz     | 20   |
| 2  | Rehan Khan    | rehan@gmail.com  | 2022-05-01 13:49:50 | 2022-05-01 13:49:50 | xyz     | 18   |
| 3  | Rehan Khan    | rehan@gmail.com  | NULL                | NULL                | testing | 20   |
| 4  | Rehan         | rehan@gmail.com  | NULL                | 2022-05-29 14:17:02 | abcd    | 50   |
| 5  | Nidhi Agarwal | nidhi@gmail.com  | NULL                | NULL                | abcd    | 20   |
| 6  | Ashvik Khanna | ashvik@gmail.com | NULL                | NULL                | oooo    | 16   |
| 7  | Viraj Desai   | viraj@gmail.com  | NULL                | NULL                | test    | 18   |
| 8  | Priya Singh   | priya@gmail.com  | NULL                | NULL                | test123 | 20   |
| 9  | Arbaaz        | arbaaz@gmail.com | 2022-05-29 14:11:09 | 2022-05-29 14:11:09 | testing | 35   |
| 10 |Niketan Vaahi  |niketan@gmail.com | NULL                | NULL                | testing | 35   |
+----+---------------+------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------+------+

Example 1

Using insert() method

The insert() method will add a record in the table given. It takes input as an array with data in key/value pairs wherein the key is the column name and value is the value to be given for that column. The code will be as follows ?

DB::table('students')->insert([ 'name' => 'Niya Sethi', 'email' => 'niya@gmail.com', 'age'=>'20', 'address'=>'Mumbai' ]);

The above snippet adds the following row to the students table.

11, 'Niya Sethi', 'niya@gmail.com', 'Mumbai', 20

Example 2

Using the DB facade insert() method you can insert multiple records as shown below ?

DB::table('students')->insert([ ['name' => 'Peter', 'email' => 'peter@gmail.com', 'age'=>'20', 'address'=>'Chicago'], ['name' => 'David', 'email' => 'david@gmail.com', 'age'=>'20', 'address'=>'London'], ['name' => 'Niraj', 'email' => 'niraj@gmail.com', 'age'=>'20', 'address'=>'Mumbai'], ['name' => 'Sumit', 'email' => 'sumit@gmail.com', 'age'=>'20', 'address'=>'Kerala'] ]);

The complete code is ?

<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers; use Illuminate\Http\Request; use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB; class StudentController extends Controller { public function index() { DB::table('students')->insert([ ['name' => 'Peter', 'email' => 'peter@gmail.com', 'age'=>'20', 'address'=>'Chicago'], ['name' => 'David', 'email' => 'david@gmail.com', 'age'=>'20', 'address'=>'London'], ['name' => 'Niraj', 'email' => 'niraj@gmail.com', 'age'=>'20', 'address'=>'Mumbai'], ['name' => 'Sumit', 'email' => 'sumit@gmail.com', 'age'=>'20', 'address'=>'Kerala'] ]); } }

The above snippet adds the following rows the students table ?

14, 'Peter', 'peter@gmail.com', 'Chicago', 20 
15, 'David', 'david@gmail.com', 'London', 20 
16, 'Niraj', 'niraj@gmail.com', 'Mumbai', 20 
17, 'Sumit', 'sumit@gmail.com', 'Kerala', 20

Example 3

We can also make use of raw insert values to the table. The code will be as follows ?

DB::insert('insert into students (name, email, age,address) values (?, ?, ?, ?)',
   ['Niyati', 'niyati@gmail.com', 19, 'Pune']);

Following is the complete example that inserts the raw values into the tables ?

<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers; use Illuminate\Http\Request; use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB; class StudentController extends Controller { public function index() { DB::insert('insert into students (name, email, age,address) values (?, ?, ?, ?)', ['Niyati', 'niyati@gmail.com', 19, 'Pune']); } }

Output

The above snippet adds the following rows the students table

12, 'Niyati', 'niyati@gmail.com', 'Pune', 19

Example 4

We can make use of an eloquent model student, to insert data into the table. An eloquent model is a unique class created for each table and for all queries related to the table the model class associated with that table is used.

The code for that is ?

$student = new Student; $student->name = 'Amar'; $student->email = 'amar@gmail.com'; $student->age = 25; $student->address = 'Lucknow'; $student->save();

The following example inserts raw data into a table in MySQL ?

<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers; use Illuminate\Http\Request; use App\Models\Student; class StudentController extends Controller { public function index() { $student = new Student; $student->name = 'Amar'; $student->email = 'amar@gmail.com'; $student->age = 25; $student->address = 'Lucknow'; $student->save(); } }

Output

On executing the above code following row is added to the students table ?

13, 'Amar', 'amar@gmail.com', 'Lucknow', 25

Finally, if you verify the table in MySQL you can see all the records as shown below ?

mysql> select * from students;
+----+---------------+-------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------+------+
| id |    name       |       email       |      created_at     |      updated_at     | address | age  |
+----+---------------+-------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------+------+
| 1  | Siya Khan     | siya@gmail.com    | 2022-05-01 13:45:55 | 2022-05-01 13:45:55 | Xyz     | 20   |
| 2  | Rehan Khan    | rehan@gmail.com   | 2022-05-01 13:49:50 | 2022-05-01 13:49:50 | Xyz     | 18   |
| 3  | Rehan Khan    | rehan@gmail.com   | NULL                | NULL                | testing | 20   |
| 4  | Rehan         | rehan@gmail.com   | NULL                | NULL                | abcd    | 15   |
| 5  | Nidhi Agarwal | nidhi@gmail.com   | NULL                | NULL                | abcd    | 20   |
| 6  | Ashvik Khanna | ashvik@gmail.com  | NULL                | NULL                | oooo    | 16   |
| 7  | Viraj Desai   | viraj@gmail.com   | NULL                | NULL                | test    | 18   |
| 8  | Priya Singh   | priya@gmail.com   | NULL                | NULL                | test123 | 20   |
| 9  | Arbaaz        | arbaaz@gmail.com  | 2022-05-29 14:11:09 | 2022-05-29 14:11:09 | testing | 35   |
| 10 | Niketan Vaahi | niketan@gmail.com | NULL                | NULL                | testing | 35   |
| 11 | Niya Sethi    | niya@gmail.com    | NULL                | NULL                | Mumbai  | 20   |
| 12 | Niyati        | niyati@gmail.com  | NULL                | NULL                | Pune    | 19   |
| 13 | Amar          | amar@gmail.com    | NULL                | NULL                | Lucknow | 25   |
| 14 | Peter         | peter@gmail.com   | NULL                | NULL                | Chicago | 20   |
| 15 | David         | david@gmail.com   | NULL                | NULL                | London  | 20   |
| 16 | Niraj         | niraj@gmail.com   | NULL                | NULL                | Mumbai  | 20   |
| 17 | Sumit         | sumit@gmail.com   | NULL                | NULL                | Kerala  | 20   |
+----+---------------+-------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------+------+
17 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Updated on: 2022-08-30T13:58:54+05:30

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