Laravel FTN Database

Laravel schema and base Eloquent models for imported FTN archive facts.

This package owns the durable facts that come from FTN message archives: areas, messages, source identity, addressing, bodies, reply metadata, control lines, and import provenance.

It does not own reader UI state. Read flags, bookmarks, cached counters, and current positions belong in the consuming app.

Installation

composer require golded-dev/laravel-ftn-database:^1.0

Requires PHP 8.4+ and Laravel 13 components.

What It Provides

• Golded\Ftn\Database\FtnDatabaseServiceProvider
• Golded\Ftn\Database\Models\Area
• Golded\Ftn\Database\Models\Message
• config publishing through the ftn-database-config tag
• migration publishing through the ftn-database-migrations tag
• package migrations that load by default

Migrations

The package creates areas and messages.

Package migrations load automatically unless the consumer disables them:

'load_migrations' => false,

Publish migrations when the app needs to own the files directly:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=ftn-database-migrations

control_lines_json and provenance_json are text-backed JSON payloads with array casts on the model. That keeps SQLite and MySQL behavior plain.

Config

Publish the config:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=ftn-database-config

Default config:

return [
    'load_migrations' => true,

    'models' => [
        'area' => Golded\Ftn\Database\Models\Area::class,
        'message' => Golded\Ftn\Database\Models\Message::class,
    ],
];

Apps can point relationships at subclasses:

'models' => [
    'area' => App\Models\Area::class,
    'message' => App\Models\Message::class,
],

The base relationships resolve through config. They do not know about App\Models.

Models

Use the base models directly for archive-only apps:

use Golded\Ftn\Database\Models\Area;
use Golded\Ftn\Database\Models\Message;

$area = Area::create([
    'code' => 'TEST',
    'name' => 'Test Area',
    'source_type' => 'jam',
]);

Message::create([
    'area_id' => $area->id,
    'source_type' => 'jam',
    'source_uid' => 'jam:offset:256',
    'body_text' => 'Hello',
]);

For GoldED-style apps, subclass the models and add only app-owned state:

namespace App\Models;

use Golded\Ftn\Database\Models\Message as BaseMessage;

class Message extends BaseMessage
{
    protected $fillable = [
        'area_id',
        'msgno',
        'source_type',
        'source_uid',
        'body_text',
        'is_read',
        'is_marked',
        'is_bookmarked',
        'thread_key',
    ];
}

Keep imported archive facts in the package columns. Keep reader behavior in the app.

Identity

The import identity is:

• area_id
• source_type
• source_uid

msgno is display and navigation metadata. It is not identity.

external_id is unique only inside an area. Multiple null external IDs are allowed.

Development

Install dependencies:

composer install

Run tests:

composer test

Run static analysis:

composer test:types

Run Rector dry-run:

composer test:refactor

Run everything:

composer test:all

The MySQL migration check is skipped unless these environment variables are set:

• FTN_DATABASE_MYSQL_DATABASE
• FTN_DATABASE_MYSQL_HOST
• FTN_DATABASE_MYSQL_PORT
• FTN_DATABASE_MYSQL_USERNAME
• FTN_DATABASE_MYSQL_PASSWORD

Versioning

This package starts at 1.0.0 and uses semantic versioning.

Breaking changes include schema changes, model fillable or cast changes that affect persisted data, service provider behavior changes, and supported Laravel or PHP version changes.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome when they keep the archive/app boundary sharp. See CONTRIBUTING.md.

Security

Do not report security issues in public tickets. See SECURITY.md.

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md.

License

Released under the MIT License. See LICENSE.