Adding fields to User Eloquent ORM model

Question

I would like to extend the existing User model in Laravel 5.0 to add new columns to the table. How can I do so ?

Answer 1

1. Create migration by running command:

php artisan make:migration users_disabled_column

where disabled is name of column you want to add to existed table.

2. Edit new migration with adding column, here is example:

<?php

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

class UsersDisabledColumn extends Migration
{
    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::table('users', function($table) {
            $table->boolean('disabled')->default(false);
        });
    }

    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::table('users', function($table) {
            $table->dropColumn('disabled');
        });
    }
}

3. Execute created migration:

php artisan migrate

4. Now you can use new column:

$user = User::find($id);
$user->disabled = false;
$user->save();