How to get database field type in Laravel?

Question

Is there a way to get the datatype of a database table field? Almost like a inverse of migration.

For example, if the migration of a users table column looks like

Answer 1

In Laravel 5+ (including 6 and 7), you can get the db table column metadata (ie type, default value etc) in the following way:

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;

For all columns:

 $columns = Schema::getConnection()->getDoctrineSchemaManager()->listTableColumns('table_name');
 $column = Schema::getConnection()->getDoctrineColumn('table_name'', 'column_name'); //For a single column:

getDoctrineSchemaManager method returns a array of \Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Column Class Instances.

getDoctrineColumn method returns the instance of \Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Column class.

Couple of methods from \Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Column class:

$column->getName();
$column->getNotnull(); // returns true/false
$column->getDefault(); 
$column->getType(); 
$column->getLength();