Fix for "Specified key was too long error" on pre v5.7.7 of MySQL due to laravel's utf8mb4 default character set.

Sandeesh · Sandeesh · commit f219b1efa119 · 2017-05-11T23:30:14.000+05:30
diff --git a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace App\Providers;
 
+use Schema;
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
 use Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\IdeHelperServiceProvider;
 
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
      */
     public function boot()
     {
-        //
+        Schema::defaultStringLength(191);
     }
 
     /**

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@`
`2`	`2`
`3`	`3`	`namespace App\Providers;`
`4`	`4`
	`5`	`+use Schema;`
`5`	`6`	`use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;`
`6`	`7`	`use Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\IdeHelperServiceProvider;`
`7`	`8`
`@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider`
`14`	`15`	`*/`
`15`	`16`	`public function boot()`
`16`	`17`	`{`
`17`		`- //`
	`18`	`+ Schema::defaultStringLength(191);`
`18`	`19`	`}`
`19`	`20`
`20`	`21`	`/**`