Migration Generator Laravel 11+

A migration is version control for your database schema. Each migration is a PHP class that describes how to build or change a part of your database in a up() method, and how to undo that change in a down() method. Running php artisan migrate applies every pending migration in order; php artisan migrate:rollback reverses them. Because the schema lives in code, every developer and every environment ends up with the same tables, columns, indexes, and constraints.

This generator produces the boilerplate for a Schema::create migration so you do not have to type the class scaffolding, the imports, and every column line by hand. You describe the table and its columns, and it writes a complete, correctly formatted migration using an anonymous class — the modern Laravel 11+ style that needs no class name.

Key behaviours

• Anonymous class — output uses return new class extends Migration, the Laravel 11+ convention.
• Automatic id — if you add no columns, the generator inserts $table->id(); for you.
• Column options — each column can be nullable, unique, and carry a default value.
• Standard columns — toggle timestamps() and softDeletes().
• Paired down() — a matching Schema::dropIfExists() is generated for rollbacks.

The column type dropdown maps directly to a Blueprint method on the generated line. The following types are supported:

A table named posts with a title (string, unique), a body (text, nullable), and timestamps produces:

<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;

return new class extends Migration
{
    public function up(): void
    {
        Schema::create('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->id();
            $table->string('title')->unique();
            $table->text('body')->nullable();
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }

    public function down(): void
    {
        Schema::dropIfExists('posts');
    }
};

The class name suggestion is built from the table name: posts becomes CreatePostsTable. The generator always quotes default values, so a numeric default such as 0 is emitted as default('0').

1. Table Name — Enter the name of your database table (plural form recommended).
2. Add Columns — Click "Add Column" and configure the column name, type, and options.
3. Options — Check timestamps() or softDeletes() to add those standard columns.
4. Generate — Click to generate the full migration class with up() and down() methods.