How to add new column in Laravel's default Users table? - laravel

Question

I modified the default laravel's user table and I did that by creating my own migration.
Here's my migration sample:
public function up()
{
Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->string('username', 15)->unique()->after('id');
$table->string('lastname', 15)->unique()->after('username');
$table->string('firstname', 15)->unique()->after('lastname');
$table->string('contact')->nullable()->after('email');
$table->date('birthday')->after('contact');
$table->tinyInteger('status')->default(1)->after('birthday');
});
}
/**
* Reverse the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function down()
{
Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->dropColumn('username');
$table->dropColumn('lastname');
$table->dropColumn('firstname');
$table->dropColumn('contact');
$table->dropColumn('birthday');
$table->dropColumn('status');
});
}
And I removed the column name in the default laravel table so it looks like this:
public function up()
{
Schema::create('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->increments('id');
$table->string('email')->unique();
$table->string('password', 60);
$table->rememberToken();
$table->timestamps();
});
}
I checked the values from my form in the AuthController and I dont have an issue in getting the values. Here's what I added in the AuthController
protected $username = 'username'; //choose username instead of email
protected $redirectPath = '/dashboard'; //if successful login
protected $loginPath = 'auth/login'; //if not login
protected $redirectAfterLogout = 'auth/login'; //redirect after login
/**
* Create a new authentication controller instance.
*
* #return void
*/
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('guest', ['except' => 'getLogout']);
}
/**
* Get a validator for an incoming registration request.
*
* #param array $data
* #return \Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Validator
*/
protected function validator(array $data)
{
return Validator::make($data, [
'username' => 'required|min:8|max:16|unique:users',
'lastname' => 'required',
'firstname' => 'required',
'contact' => 'required',
'birthday' => 'date_format: Y-m-d',
'email' => 'required|email|max:255|unique:users',
'password' => 'required|confirmed|min:6',
]);
}
/**
* Create a new user instance after a valid registration.
*
* #param array $data
* #return User
*/
protected function create(array $data)
{
//dd($data); -- I can get all the values here
// I added my own column in this part to save. Is it correct?
return User::create([
'username' => $data['username'],
'lastname' => $data['lastname'],
'firstname' => $data['firstname'],
'birthday' => $data['birthday'],
'contact' => $data['contact'],
'email' => $data['email'],
'status' => 1,
'password' => bcrypt($data['password']),
]);
}
And when I try to save the data I can only save these columns
mysql> select * from users \G;
*************************** 1. row ***************************
id: 1
username:
lastname:
firstname:
email: myemail#gmail.com
contact: NULL
birthday: 0000-00-00
status: 1
password: $2y$10$3NkmqZaje4MKzheqPZKbhOIGD7ZlqYRfIP6DJZz4zb4gXVNvFsv2W
remember_token: PCYczF2Y9ts97TvbDOLsiXO5hxkekkxysmMYuIdN5MsaIY8TnroEof6d2jVM
created_at: 2015-09-17 06:56:43
updated_at: 2015-09-17 07:00:35
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
ERROR:
No query specified
How can I add my new column in the database?
Ok that's all I hope you can help me.

Answer 1

You can not edit the users table with this way
first, go to the terminal and write this command :
php artisan make:migration add_new_fields_to_users_table
and click enter.
After that, go to the migration file and in the add_new_fields_to_users_table.php
and write your new columns
$table->string('username', 15)->unique()->after('id');
$table->string('lastname', 15)->after('username');
$table->string('firstname', 15)->after('lastname');
$table->string('contact')->nullable()->after('email');
$table->date('birthday')->after('contact');
$table->tinyInteger('status')->default(1)->after('birthday');
Then , go to the terminal and do this:
php artisan migrate
and finally go to the User model and add the name's of your new table to the fillable variable
protected $fillable = [
'name', 'email', 'password','username',
'lastname','firstname','contact','birthday','status'
];
I hope this will help you

Answer 2

Ok I found the answer.
I need to put my own custom column in the fillable content:
protected $fillable = ['username', 'lastname', 'firstname', 'contact', 'email', 'birthday', 'status', 'password'];

Answer 3

Three files you need no adjust when you are adding new fields to the default users table or modifying to the default users table:
Users model found in Controllers\User.php or Controllers\Models\User.php
Update:
protected $fillable = [
'name',
'email',
'password',
];
Register blade in view located in views\auth\register.blade.php
Add new text-field for your new fields
Register Controller located at Controllers\Auth\RegisterController.php
Update:
Validator function and create function
protected function validator(array $data)
{
return Validator::make($data, [
'name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
'email' => ['required', 'string', 'email', 'max:255', 'unique:users'],
'password' => ['required', 'string', 'min:8', 'confirmed'],
]);
}
protected function create(array $data)
{
return User::create([
'username' => $data['username'],
'email' => $data['email'],
'phone' => $data['phone'],
'password' => Hash::make($data['password']),
]);
}
Users table found in database\migrations\create_users_table.php
Add/Modify your schema

Answer 4

In the start I was able to add a role column to the users table like this.
public function up()
{
Schema::create('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
...
$table->string("role")->default("user");
...
});
}
I ran migrate and rollback commands several times while I was testing the application with different data. Later I needed two more columns in the user table.
Did as I had done before but failed.
Solved my problem with this artisan command and I was able to add more columns just by defining them in the user table schema as above.
Warning:
This rolls back all the migrations and you will lose all the data in your database. Make sure that you intentionally wanna happen this to the data.
php artisan migrate:reset