[FIXED] How can we add column in existing table with migration in CodeIgniter 3

Issue

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<?php

defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');

class Migration_Add_dummy_field_to_blog_table  extends CI_Migration {

        public function up()
        {
                $fields = array(
                        'dummy' => array('type' => 'TEXT')
                );
                $this->dbforge->add_column('blog', $fields);
        }

        public function down()
        {
                $this->dbforge->drop_column('blog', 'dummy');
        }
}

Solution

First of all you need to set constraint and then specify the place where you want to add the column. Try this:

public function up()
        {
                $fields = array(
                        'dummy' => array(
                                 'type' => 'varchar'
                                 'constraint' => 100,
                                 'after' => 'username'
                    )
                );
                $this->dbforge->add_column('blog', $fields);
        }

Answered By - Saqib Ali

Answer Checked By - Willingham (PHPFixing Volunteer)