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Add the column in the database table only if it's not present & can drop it if, its present

Now you can add the column in the database table only if its not present & can drop it if, its present. For that following methods are introduced:

  • whenTableDoesntHaveColumn
  • whenTableHasColumn

Available from Laravel 9.6.0

return new class extends Migration {
public function up()
{
Schema::whenTableDoesntHaveColumn('users', 'name', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->string('name', 30);
});
}
 
public function down()
{
Schema::whenTableHasColumn('users', 'name', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->dropColumn('name');
});
}
}

Tip given by @iamharis010

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