Laravel Table Migration: Cannot add foreign key constraint - laravel

Question

I'm trying to create foreign keys in Laravel however when I migrate my table using artisan I am thrown the following error:
Modules migration table:
<?php
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
class CreateModulesTable extends Migration {
/**
* Run the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function up() {
Schema::create('modules', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->id();
$table->string('module_name');
// foreign key
$table->timestamps();
});
}
/**
* Reverse the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function down() {
Schema::dropIfExists('modules');
}
}
Lesson migration table:
<?php
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
class CreateLessonTable extends Migration {
/**
* Run the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function up() {
Schema::create('lesson', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->id();
$table->string('title');
$table->integer('module_id')->unsigned();
$table->text('content');
$table->integer('created_by')->unsigned();
$table->integer('updated_by');
$table->string('enabled');
$table->string('position');
$table->timestamps();
});
Schema::table('lesson', function(Blueprint $table) {
$table->foreign('module_id')->references('id')->on('modules');
});
}
/**
* Reverse the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function down() {
Schema::dropIfExists('lesson');
}
}
Any ideas as to what I've done wrong, I want to get this right now, as I've got a lot of tables I need to create e.g. Users, Clients, Projects, Tasks, Statuses, Priorities, Types, Teams. Ideally, I want to create tables that hold this data with the foreign keys, i..e clients_project and project_tasks, etc.
Hope someone can help me to get started.

Answer 1

Add unsignedBigInteger for module_id column
Schema::create('lesson', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->id();
$table->string('title');
$table->unsignedBigInteger('module_id');
$table->text('content');
$table->integer('created_by')->unsigned();
$table->integer('updated_by');
$table->string('enabled');
$table->string('position');
$table->timestamps();
$table->foreign('module_id')->references('id')->on('modules');
});

Answer 2

Your foreign_key field and your id should be of the same type, for example, if modules.id is bigIncrements, your foreign_key inside your Lesson table also should be bigInteger.
Lesson Migration File
Schema::create('lesson', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->id();
$table->string('title');
$table->integer('module_id')->unsigned()->nullable();
$table->foreign('module_id')->references('id')->on('modules')->onDelete('cascade');
$table->text('content');
$table->integer('created_by')->unsigned();
$table->integer('updated_by');
$table->string('enabled');
$table->string('position');
$table->timestamps();
});
Note: You should make sure, your Modules table migration is running before Lesson table migration.