Difference between $table->string('some_text'); & $table->text('some_text'); in Laravel? [closed]

Question

What is the difference between:

$table->string('some_text');

and:

$table->text('some_text');

in Laravel?

Please, if you can be comprehensive. Thank you.

Answer 1

As defined here:

$table->string() uses a VARCHAR equivalent

$table->text() uses a TEXT equivalent

(The actual types can depend on the database system)

The obvious difference is that VARCHAR has a specified length (default with string() is 255 characters) whereas TEXT doesn't have that.

Here is a comparison of the two types in MySQL