migration name for add column laravel code example

Example 1: 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 2: laravel drop column

// To drop a column, use the dropColumn method on the schema builder.
// Before dropping columns from a SQLite database, you will need to add
// the doctrine/dbal dependency to your composer.json file and run the
// composer update command in your terminal to install the library:

Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->dropColumn('votes');
});

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