Schema

// Indicate that the table needs to be created
 Schema::create('table', function($table)
{
  $table->increments('id');
});
// Specify a Connection
 Schema::connection('foo')->create('table', function($table){});
// Rename the table to a given name
 Schema::rename($from, $to);
// Indicate that the table should be dropped
 Schema::drop('table');
// Indicate that the table should be dropped if it exists
 Schema::dropIfExists('table');
// Determine if the given table exists
 Schema::hasTable('table');
// Determine if the given table has a given column
 Schema::hasColumn('table', 'column');
// Update an existing table
 Schema::table('table', function($table){});
// Indicate that the given columns should be renamed
$table->renameColumn('from', 'to');
// Indicate that the given columns should be dropped
$table->dropColumn(string|array);
// The storage engine that should be used for the table
$table->engine = 'InnoDB';
// Only work on MySQL
$table->string('name')->after('email');

Indexes

$table->string('column')->unique();
$table->primary('column');
// Creates a dual primary key
$table->primary(array('first', 'last'));
$table->unique('column');
$table->unique('column', 'key_name');
// Creates a dual unique index
$table->unique(array('first', 'last'));
$table->unique(array('first', 'last'), 'key_name');
$table->index('column');
$table->index('column', 'key_name');
// Creates a dual index
$table->index(array('first', 'last'));
$table->index(array('first', 'last'), 'key_name');
$table->dropPrimary('table_column_primary');
$table->dropUnique('table_column_unique');
$table->dropIndex('table_column_index');

Foreign Keys

$table->foreign('user_id')->references('id')->on('users');
$table->foreign('user_id')->references('id')->on('users')->onDelete('cascade'|'restrict'|'set null'|'no action');
$table->foreign('user_id')->references('id')->on('users')->onUpdate('cascade'|'restrict'|'set null'|'no action');
$table->dropForeign('posts_user_id_foreign');

Column Types

// Increments
$table->increments('id');
$table->bigIncrements('id');

// Numbers
$table->integer('votes');
$table->tinyInteger('votes');
$table->smallInteger('votes');
$table->mediumInteger('votes');
$table->bigInteger('votes');
$table->float('amount');
$table->double('column', 15, 8);
$table->decimal('amount', 5, 2);

//String and Text
$table->char('name', 4);
$table->string('email');
$table->string('name', 100);
$table->text('description');
$table->mediumText('description');
$table->longText('description');

//Date and Time
$table->date('created_at');
$table->dateTime('created_at');
$table->time('sunrise');
$table->timestamp('added_on');
// Adds created_at and updated_at columns
$table->timestamps();
$table->nullableTimestamps();

// Others
$table->binary('data');
$table->boolean('confirmed');
// Adds deleted_at column for soft deletes
$table->softDeletes();
$table->enum('choices', array('foo', 'bar'));
// Adds remember_token as VARCHAR(100) NULL
$table->rememberToken();
// Adds INTEGER parent_id and STRING parent_type
$table->morphs('parent');
->nullable()
->default($value)
->unsigned()