How to fix MySql: index column size too large (Laravel migrate)

Question

I duplicated a project with a vagrant box which installs Debian, Nginx, PhpMyAdmin, .. With the new project the Laravel\'s php artisan migrate is not working an

Answer 1

Three solutions, each with a drawback:

• MySQL 5.7 avoids the problem. Consider upgrading.

• VARCHAR(255) is usually var bigger than necessary. If you can safely shrink to 191 or less, the error will go away.

• Switch to utf8 (from utf8mb4), if you don't need Chinese or Emoji.