Migrate files to a new database using Laravel Migrations - laravel

Question

So I have a lot of migration files from a previous database setup. I'd like to apply these files to a new database. For example, if I were starting from scratch I would do something like this:
php artisan make:migration create_users_table
and then:
php artisan migrate
for every single migration file. But since I already have all the migration files, is there a way to skip all of the make:migration part and get it to create the corresponding tables?
I've tried:
php artisan migrate --force
but it doesn't work. What's the right way to do this? This is a clean installation of Laravel 5.5.
I'm getting this error:
This is the schema where the error is happening:
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
class CreateUsersTable extends Migration
{
/**
* Run the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function up()
{
Schema::create('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->increments('id');
$table->string('username');
$table->string('email')->unique();
$table->string('password');
$table->rememberToken();
$table->timestamp('created_at');
$table->timestamp('updated_at');
});
}
/**
* Reverse the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function down()
{
Schema::dropIfExists('users');
}
}

Answer 1

I am unable to post comments so posting this as an answer.
try $table->timestamps();
Don't write created_at and updated_at separately.
Also try this:-
$table->string('remember_token', 100) -> nullable();
This seems to be the last hope now.
try $table->timestamps() -> nullable();

Answer 2

Set strict to true in my MySQL config (in .env or config/database.php).
'connections' => [
'mysql' => [
'driver' => 'mysql',
'host' => 'localhost',
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'homestead'),
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'homestead'),
'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', 'secret'),
'charset' => 'utf8',
'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
'prefix' => '',
'strict' => true
]
],