Laravel db migration - renameColumn error - Unknown database type enum requested

Question

I am using Laravel 4.2. I have the following library loaded in my composer.json

\"doctrine/dbal\": \"2.4.*\",

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Answer 1

DB::getDoctrineSchemaManager()
    ->getDatabasePlatform()
    ->registerDoctrineTypeMapping('enum', 'string');

This works for me on Laravel 5.1

Answer 2

Here is the answer for Laravel 5.2.45+ (might work in 5.1 as well, have not tested or checked yet, please let me know so I can update this question.)

Add this line in your up method:

Schema::getConnection()->getDoctrineSchemaManager()->getDatabasePlatform()->registerDoctrineTypeMapping('enum', 'string');

Something like this:

public function up()
{
    Schema::getConnection()->getDoctrineSchemaManager()->getDatabasePlatform()->registerDoctrineTypeMapping('enum', 'string');
    Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
         $table->text('bio')->change();
    });
}