# [Phinx](https://phinx.org): Simple PHP Database Migrations
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## Intro
Phinx makes it ridiculously easy to manage the database migrations for your PHP app. In less than 5 minutes, you can install Phinx and create your first database migration. Phinx is just about migrations without all the bloat of a database ORM system or framework.
**Check out https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/phinx.html ([EN](https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/phinx.html), [ZH](https://tsy12321.gitbooks.io/phinx-doc/)) for the comprehensive documentation.**
### Features
* Write database migrations using database agnostic PHP code.
* Migrate up and down.
* Migrate on deployment.
* Seed data after database creation.
* Get going in less than 5 minutes.
* Stop worrying about the state of your database.
* Take advantage of SCM features such as branching.
* Integrate with any app.
### Supported Adapters
Phinx natively supports the following database adapters:
* MySQL
* PostgreSQL
* SQLite
* Microsoft SQL Server
## Install & Run
### Composer
The fastest way to install Phinx is to add it to your project using Composer (http://getcomposer.org/).
1. Install Composer:
```
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
```
1. Require Phinx as a dependency using Composer:
```
php composer.phar require robmorgan/phinx
```
1. Install Phinx:
```
php composer.phar install
```
1. Execute Phinx:
```
php vendor/bin/phinx
```
### As a Phar
You can also use the Box application to build Phinx as a Phar archive (https://box-project.github.io/box2/).
1. Clone Phinx from GitHub
```
git clone https://github.com/cakephp/phinx.git
cd phinx
```
1. Install Composer
```
curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
```
1. Install the Phinx dependencies
```
php composer.phar install
```
1. Install Box:
```
curl -LSs https://box-project.github.io/box2/installer.php | php
```
1. Create a Phar archive
```
php box.phar build
```
## Documentation
Check out https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/phinx.html for the comprehensive documentation.
Other translations include:
* [Chinese](https://tsy12321.gitbooks.io/phinx-doc/) (Maintained by [@tsy12321](https://github.com/tsy12321/phinx-doc))
## Contributing
Please read the [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) document.
## News & Updates
Follow [@CakePHP](https://twitter.com/cakephp) on Twitter to stay up to date.
## Misc
### Version History
Please read the [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) document.
### License
(The MIT license)
Copyright (c) 2017 Rob Morgan
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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