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Hiding columns in select all statements

If you use Laravel v8.78 and MySQL 8.0.23 and onwards, you can define choosen columns as "invisible". Columns which are define as invisible will be hidden from the select * statements.

However, to do so, we must use a invisible() method in the migration, something like that:

use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
 
Schema::table('table', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->string('secret')->nullable()->invisible();
});

That's it! This will make chosen column hidden from select * statement.

Tip given by @CatS0up

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