<h2>
  <a name="enter-into-tinker-environment" href="#enter-into-tinker-environment">
  </a>
  Enter Into Tinker Environment
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<p>On the CLI run artisan command to enter into tinker environment<br>
</p>

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<h2>
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  Adding Columns
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<p>Run the suggested code directly from Tinker.<br>
</p>

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    <span class="nv">$table</span>-&gt;string<span class="o">(</span><span class="s1">'name'</span><span class="o">)</span>-&gt;nullable<span class="o">()</span>
        -&gt;after<span class="o">(</span><span class="s1">'&lt;DESIRED COLUMN&gt;'</span><span class="o">)</span><span class="p">;</span> // add after desired column
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<h2>
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  Renaming Columns
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<p>Run the suggested code directly from Tinker.<br>
</p>

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    <span class="nv">$table</span>-&gt;renameColumn<span class="o">(</span><span class="s1">'&lt;FROM&gt;'</span>, <span class="s1">'&lt;TO&gt;'</span><span class="o">)</span><span class="p">;</span>
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<h2>
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  Removing Columns
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<p>Run the suggested code directly from Tinker.<br>
</p>

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   <span class="nv">$table</span>-&gt;dropColumn<span class="o">(</span><span class="s1">'&lt;DESIRED COLUMN&gt;'</span><span class="o">)</span><span class="p">;</span>
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<p>You may drop multiple columns from a table by passing an array of column names to the dropColumn method:<br>
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   <span class="nv">$table</span>-&gt;dropColumn<span class="o">([</span><span class="s1">'&lt;DESIRED COLUMN&gt;'</span>, <span class="s1">'&lt;DESIRED COLUMN 1&gt;'</span><span class="o">])</span><span class="p">;</span>
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<h2>
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<p>You can also use arrow functions<br>
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## Enter Into Tinker Environment
On the CLI run artisan command to enter into tinker environment
```bash
php artisan tinker
```

## Adding Columns
Run the suggested code directly from Tinker.
```bash
Schema::table('<YOUR TABLE>', function ($table) {
    $table->string('name')->nullable()
        ->after('<DESIRED COLUMN>'); // add after desired column
});
```

## Renaming Columns
Run the suggested code directly from Tinker.
```bash
Schema::table('<YOUR TABLE>', function ($table) {
    $table->renameColumn('<FROM>', '<TO>');
});
```

## Removing Columns
Run the suggested code directly from Tinker.
```bash
Schema::table('<YOUR TABLE>', function ($table) {
   $table->dropColumn('<DESIRED COLUMN>');
});
```
You may drop multiple columns from a table by passing an array of column names to the dropColumn method:
```bash
Schema::table('<YOUR TABLE>', function ($table) {
   $table->dropColumn(['<DESIRED COLUMN>', '<DESIRED COLUMN 1>']);
});
```

## Note 
You can also use arrow functions 
```php
Schema::table('<YOUR TABLE>', fn($t)=> $t->string('<DESIRED COLUMN>')->nullable());
```

Enter Into Tinker Environment   On the CLI run artisan command to enter into tinker...