If you make a migration for existing table, and you want Laravel to generate the Schema::table() for you, then add "_in_xxxxx_table" or "_to_xxxxx_table" at the end, or specify "--table" parameter.
php artisan change_fields_products_table
generates empty class
class ChangeFieldsProductsTable extends Migration{ public function up() { // }}
But add in_xxxxx_table
php artisan make:migration change_fields_in_products_table
and it generates class with Schema::table()
pre-filled
class ChangeFieldsProductsTable extends Migration{ public function up() { Schema::table('products', function (Blueprint $table) { // }) };}
Also you can specify --table
parameter php artisan make:migration whatever_you_want --table=products
class WhateverYouWant extends Migration{ public function up() { Schema::table('products', function (Blueprint $table) { // }) };}