Laravel Migration Error : Syntax error or access violation: 1071 Specified key was too long; max key length is 767 bytes laravel 5.3

Question

[Illuminate\Database\QueryException] SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1071 Specified key was too long; max key length is 767 bytes (SQL: alter tabl e users add unique users_email_unique(email))

[PDOException] SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1071 Specified key was too long; max key length is 767 bytes

whats wrong? im using laravel 5.3

Answer 1

Refering to Laravel News and Laravel's migration guide:

As outlined in the Migrations guide to fix this all you have to do is edit your AppServiceProvider.php file and inside the boot method set a default string length:

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;

function boot()
{
    Schema::defaultStringLength(191);
}