How can I modify a migration in Laravel?

Question

I\'m trying to modify a existing migration. Here is my current migration class:

class CreateLogForUserTable extends Migration
{
    public function up()
             


        

Answer 1

There is one more option. Roll back the migration, edit the file, and run it again.

This is a fairly common thing to do on a local development server while you're working out the bugs in a new piece of code. Using the method from the accepted answer, you might end up with 17 migrations for creating a single table!

php artisan migrate
# realize you've made an error
php artisan migrate:rollback
# edit your migration file
php artisan migrate

The number of steps back to take can be specified on the command line if needed.

# undo the last 3 migrations
php artisan migrate:rollback --step=3

Or you can specify a particular migration that needs undoing.

# undo one specific migration
php artisan migrate:rollback --path=./database/migrations/2014_10_12_100000_create_users_table.php