gistfile1.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;

class CreateCompaniesTable extends Migration {

    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('companies', function($table)
            {
                $table->increments('id');
                $table->timestamps();
                $table->string('name')->unique();
            });
    }

    public function down()
    {
        Schema::drop('companies');
    }

}

class CreatePeopleTable extends Migration {

	/**
	 * Run the migrations.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function up()
	{
        Schema::create('people', function($table)
            {
                $table->increments('id');
                $table->timestamps();
                $table->string('email')->unique();
                $table->string('firstName');
                $table->string('lastName');
                $table->string('city');
                $table->string('state');
                $table->integer('company_id');
            });
	}

	/**
	 * Reverse the migrations.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function down()
	{
        Schema::drop('people');
	}
}

class CreateCompaniesView extends Migration {

    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        DB::statement("CREATE VIEW companiesView AS
                        select *,
                        (
                            SELECT group_concat(DISTINCT id separator ',')
                            FROM people as p
                            WHERE c.id = p.company_id
                        ) as person_ids
                        FROM companies as c");
    }

    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        DB::statement("DROP VIEW companiesView");
    }
}

class CompaniesSeeder extends Seeder {

    public function run()
    {
        DB::table('companies')->delete();

        Company::create(['name' => 'Acme Corp']);
        Company::create(['name' => 'Foo Bar Industries']);
        Company::create(['name' => 'Bogus Inc']);
    }
}

class PeopleSeeder extends Seeder {

    public function run()
    {
        DB::table('people')->delete();

        $bob = [
            'firstName' => 'Bob',
            'lastName' => 'Johnson',
            'email' => 'bjohnson@gmail.com',
            'city' => 'Austin',
            'state' => 'TX',
            'company_id' => 1
        ];

        $allen = [
            'firstName' => 'Allen',
            'lastName' => 'Thompson',
            'email' => 'athomp@yahoo.com',
            'city' => 'San Diego',
            'state' => 'CA',
            'company_id' => 2
        ];


        $kara = [
            'firstName' => 'Kara',
            'lastName' => 'Smith',
            'email' => 'kparks@aol.com',
            'city' => 'Dallas',
            'state' => 'TX',
            'company_id' => 2
        ];

        $george = [
            'firstName' => 'George',
            'lastName' => 'Washington',
            'email' => 'gWash@hotmail.com',
            'city' => 'Washington',
            'state' => 'DC',
            'company_id' => 3
        ];

        Person::create($bob);
        Person::create($allen);
        Person::create($kara);
        Person::create($george);
    }
}