Laravel migration with SQLite 'Cannot add a NOT NULL column with default value NULL'

Question

Why am I getting this warning when using the SQLite driver? I have no problems with the MySQL driver but SQLite is throwing this error.

It does not make sense to me

Answer 1

If you don't want the column to be nullable - then you need to let Laravel know what the default should be.

One option is an empty string "" like this

public function up() {
    Schema::create('users', function($table) {
      $table->date('birthday')->after('id')->default('');
      $table->string('last_name')->after('id')->default('');
      $table->string('first_name')->after('id')->default('');

    });
  }