database types in laravel code example

Example 1: laravel field types from database field type

// in laravel if error of missing pdomysql driver issue the command
// composer require doctrine/dbal
DB::connection()->getDoctrineColumn($table_name, $field_name)->getType()->getName()

Example 2: how to set db table type in laravel

Schema::create('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->engine = 'InnoDB';

    // ...
});