INSERT IGNORE using Laravel's Fluent

Question

Is there a quick way to modify a SQL query generated by Laravel\'s Fluent to have an INSERT IGNORE instead of the usual INSERT?

I\'m trying

Answer 1

Not sure if helpful for anybody but recently I have adapted hakre's approach to Laravel 5:

You have to change following 3 files to have your Insert Ignore working:

1. In Builder.php (vendor/laravel/framework/src/illuminate/database/query/Builder.php) you have to clon the function insert, with the change in name to insertIgnore and change in the grammar call function to: $sql = $this->grammar->compileInsertIgnore($this, $values);)

2. In Grammar.php (vendor/laravel/framework/src/illuminate/database/query/grammars/Grammar.php) you have to clone the compileInsert function and rename it to compileInsertIgnore, where you change return to: return "insert ignore into $table ($columns) values $parameters";

3. In Connection.php (vendor/laravel/framework/src/illuminate/database/Connection.php) you have to simply clone the function insert and rename it to insertIgnore

Now you should be done, connection is able to recognise the function insertIgnore, builder is able to point it to correct grammar and grammar includes 'ignore' in the statement. Please note this works well for MySQL, might not be this smooth for other databases.