Laravel Migration Add Comment to Column Example

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laravel migration provide comment() where you can add comment to table column. so let's see both example. you can easily set with laravel 6, laravel 7, laravel 8, laravel 9, laravel 10 and laravel 11 version.

so let's see bellow simple examples:

Create Table Column with Comment

<?php
  
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
  
class CreatePostsTable extends Migration
{
    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('patients', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->id();
            $table->string('first_name');
            $table->string('last_name');
            $table->string('email');
            $table->string('visits')->comment("number of visit counter");
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }
  
    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::dropIfExists('posts');
    }
}

Existing Table Column with Comment

<?php
  
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
  
class AddNewColumnAdd2 extends Migration
{
    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::table('patients', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->string('email')->comment("patient email address")->change();
        });
    }
 
    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        
    }
}

you can see preview:

you can use as you need.

i hope it can help you...