Create single table using php artisan migrate - laravel

Question

I have executed this command to create a 'Users' table:
php artisan migrate
But after that I have created one new migration file using below command and want to create a 'Contact us' table
php artisan make:migration contactus
After both commands whenever I execute below command for generating the 'Contact us' table i get the following error: Table 'users' already exists
php artisan migrate
This is my code of migration file Contactus :
public function up()
{
Schema::create('contactus',function(Blueprint $table){
$table->increments('id');
$table->string('email');
$table->string('message');
$table->timestamp('created_at')->nullable();
});
}
Is there any help i appreciated..

Answer 1

Sounds like Users migration file has been edited and needs re migrating. Run: php artisan migrate:refresh
Be warned This will remove anything stored within the database so ensure you have a Seeder setup to place any relevant content back into the database.
In the event you get an Laravel 5.4: Specified key was too long error on the re migrate open AppServiceProvider and add:
Schema::defaultStringLength(191); into the boot function
Ensure you add use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema; at the top of the AppServiceProvider file

Answer 2

For this issue SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1071 Specified key was too long; max key length is 767 bytes (SQL: alter table users add unique users_email_unique(email)) open your AppServiceProvider under App/Providers folder and add the below code:
<?php
namespace App\Providers;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
use Schema;
class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
/**
* Bootstrap any application services.
*
* #return void
*/
public function boot()
{
Schema::defaultStringLength(191);
}
/**
* Register any application services.
*
* #return void
*/
public function register()
{
//
}
}

Answer 3

Try running below command to drop and migrate all the table again:
php artisan migrate:fresh
Note:
If your users table already migrated or exist and you wish to create a new table run below command :
php artisan make:migration contactus
then
php artisan migrate

Answer 4

When using the CLI make sure not to blindly copy other migration files.
first run php artisan make:migration create_contact_us_table
Now open the migration file location at /database/migrations/create_contact_us_table.php
Edit your migration here, inside the UP function you should then have something like
public function up()
{
Schema::create('contact_us', function(Blueprint $table){
$table->increments('id');
//Other table content
});
}
After this you can run php artisan migrate again to run your migration.
If you keep getting this error, check your database and the migrations table.
It might not have saved that it already ran your previous migration. If this is the case remove all tables from the database and run php artisan migrate again. Should work then.