<?php use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema; use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint; use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration; class AllowTextInUserExternalId extends Migration { /** * Run the migrations. * * @return void */ public function up() { Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) { $table->string('external_id')->nullable()->change(); }); } /** * Reverse the migrations. * * @return void */ public function down() { Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) { $table->unsignedInteger('external_id')->change(); }); } }