laravel create primary on string field code example

Example 1: laravel model string primary key

class UserVerification extends Model
{
    protected $primaryKey = 'your_key_name'; // or null

    public $incrementing = false;

    // In Laravel 6.0+ make sure to also set $keyType
    protected $keyType = 'string';
}

Example 2: 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()