Try

mysql -u username -p database_name < file.sql

via CLI.

Be careful with large sql files, it's might be better to split your sql dump, because there is an execution time limit.

And is there a way to import .sql-files inside PHP/Laravel?

I dump the SQL for the individual tables and then in seeders named appropriately I do:

public function run() { DB::unprepared(File::get('path/to/SQL/file')); }

psychonetic said:

Be careful with large sql files, it's might be better to split your sql dump, because there is an execution time limit.

via PMA yes, but not by CLI.

Sharping said:

And is there a way to import .sql-files inside PHP/Laravel?

http://php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php

if you want to convert to SQL migration laravel, use this.

http://adolfocuadros.com/sql_to_laravel/

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