Edit database column parameters from laravel (tinker)

Question

So I have database with table, where I need to edit one column, make it nullable, to be specific. How can I access it from php artisan tinker, or maybe somehow re-run migration on one table without losing data from it?

Answer 1

With tinker you cannot modify schema table. You need to create a migration like this:

<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;

class AlterTableUsers extends Migration
{
    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::table('users', function ($table) {
            $table->string('name', 50)->nullable()->default(null)->change();
        });
    }

}

In this case, we make name nullable with default value null.

More info: https://laravel.com/docs/master/migrations#modifying-columns