Schema Builder : Create Table if not exists

Question

I am using below code in Schema Builder to create table.

Schema::create('tblCategory', function (Blueprint $table) {     $table->increments('CategoryID');     $table->string('Category', 40);     $table->unique('Category', 'tblCategory_UK_Category');     $table->timestamps(); }); 

Here is the problem is, if I have to create the new table, all old scripts runs and show error that table already exists.

is there any way to create table if not exists using Schema builder ?

Answer 1

Try this

if (!Schema::hasTable('tblCategory')) {      Schema::create('tblCategory', function($table){             $table->engine = 'InnoDB';             $table->increments('CategoryID');             $table->string('Category', 40);             $table->unique('Category', 'tblCategory_UK_Category');             $table->timestamps();     } }