migrate add column laravel code example

Example 1: laravel migration add column to existing table

php artisan make:migration add_paid_to_users_table --table=users
  
public function up()
{
    Schema::table('users', function($table) {
        $table->integer('paid');
    });
}

public function down()
{
    Schema::table('users', function($table) {
        $table->dropColumn('paid');
    });
}

php artisan migrate

Example 2: add a new column to existing table in a migration

// for Laravel 5+
php artisan make:migration add_email_to_users_table --table=users

public function up()
{
    Schema::table('users', function($table) {
        $table->integer('email');
    });
}

public function down()
{
    Schema::table('users', function($table) {
        $table->dropColumn('email');
    });
}

php artisan migrate

Example 3: laravel migration add column after

Schema::table('users', function ($table) {
    $table->string('email')->after('id')->nullable();
});

Example 4: laravel add column to existing table

php artisan make:migration add_paid_to_users_table --table=users

Example 5: add new column in laravel migration

Schema::table('table_name', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->string('column_name', 255)->nullable()->after('previous_column_name');
        });

Example 6: add new column in existing table in laravel migration

public function down()
{
    Schema::table('users', function($table) {
        $table->dropColumn('paid');
    });
}