How Can I Set the Default Value of a Timestamp Column to the Current Timestamp with Laravel Migrations?

Question

I would like to make a timestamp column with a default value of CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP using the Laravel Schema Builder/Migrations. I hav

Answer 1

In Laravel 5 simply:

$table->timestamps(); //Adds created_at and updated_at columns.

Documentation: http://laravel.com/docs/5.1/migrations#creating-columns