laravel 5.2 migration add column/field before or after specific column

Question

i know how to add column/field to to database for example

<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;

class AddStatusToPhoto extends Migration {

    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::table('photos', function(Blueprint $table)
        {
            $table->integer('status');
        });

    }

    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        //
    }


}

but it will append to the last field of the table, but i want to add to specific column e.g insert the field after created_at, is it possible to do that?

Possible duplicate of [Add sql table column before or after specific other column - by migrations in Laravel 4.1](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20982538/add-sql-table-column-before-or-after-specific-other-column-by-migrations-in-la) — Tibrogargan, May 13 '16 at 03:30

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered May 13 '16 at 03:22

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There is a after modifier you can use if you are on MySQL.

$table->integer('status')->after('created_at');

->after('column') Place the column "after" another column (MySQL Only)

Laravel Docs - Migrations - Creating Columns - Column Modifiers

answered May 13 '16 at 03:22

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And there's a `->first()` to put it before everything else. There's no `->before()` though. – okdewit Apr 01 '19 at 12:29

laravel 5.2 migration add column/field before or after specific column

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