truncate all tables in laravel using eloquent

Question

Is there a way I could truncate all the tables in a db using eloquent or fluent in laravel 4? I do not want to specify table names, I just want to truncate all the tables. In ot

Answer 1

Here is my answer based on @Hao Luo. Moreover, it has these pros:

1. You do not need to install any extra package (no need for doctrine)
2. It supports Laravel 5 (or newer) very well
3. It disables foreign key constraint (If you truncate without caring about the orders and enables foreign key constraint, you will likely get an error)

Here is the code:

DB::statement("SET foreign_key_checks=0");
$databaseName = DB::getDatabaseName();
$tables = DB::select("SELECT * FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = '$databaseName'");
foreach ($tables as $table) {
    $name = $table->TABLE_NAME;
    //if you don't want to truncate migrations
    if ($name == 'migrations') {
        continue;
    }
    DB::table($name)->truncate();
}
DB::statement("SET foreign_key_checks=1");

Hope you like it! :)