Add a helper artisan command to update place model structure

app/Console/Commands/UpdatePlacesURLs.php

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Console\Commands;
+
+use App\Place;
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+
+class UpdatePlacesURLs extends Command
+{
+    /**
+     * The name and signature of the console command.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $signature = 'places:update-urls';
+
+    /**
+     * The console command description.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $description = 'Copy any URLs in the place model to the new external URLs JSON column.';
+
+    /**
+     * The places collection.
+     *
+     * @var Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection
+     */
+    protected $places;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new command instance.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+
+        $this->places = Place::all();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the console command.
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function handle()
+    {
+        foreach ($this->places as $place) {
+            if ($place->foursqaure !== null) {
+                $place->external_urls = $place->foursquare;
+            }
+        }
+
+        $this->info('All Places have had their external URLs values updated to the new structure.');
+    }
+}

app/Console/Kernel.php

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class Kernel extends ConsoleKernel
         Commands\ParseCachedWebMentions::class,
         Commands\ReDownloadWebMentions::class,
         Commands\GenerateToken::class,
+        Commands\UpdatePlacesURLs::class,
     ];
 
     /**

changelog.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Version {next}
   - Transition to using a JSON column for external urls of places
+  - Add a command to update external url structure of places
 
 ## Version 0.5.19 (2017-06-27)
   - Fix error in App\\WebMention.php