Laravel 8 migration foreign key code example

Example 1: laravel foreign key

Schema::table('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->unsignedBigInteger('user_id');

    $table->foreign('user_id')->references('id')->on('users');
});
OR
Schema::table('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->foreignId('user_id')->constrained();
});

Example 2: laravel migration rollback

To rollback one step:

php artisan migrate:rollback

To rollback multiple steps:

php artisan migrate:rollback --step=[x]
  
To drop all tables and reload all migrations:

php artisan migrate:fresh

Example 3: foreign key laravel migration

$table->foreign('column_name')->references('id')->on('table_name')->onDelete('cascade');

Example 4: laravel migration foreign key 5.6

Schema::table('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->unsignedInteger('user_id');

    $table->foreign('user_id')->references('id')->on('users');
});

Example 5: create foreign key laravel migration

Schema::table('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->unsignedBigInteger('user_id');

    $table->foreign('user_id')->references('id')->on('users');
});

Example 6: migrate to an existing table in laravel commad

php artisan make:migration add_paid_to_users_table --table=users

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