Laravel 5 database migrate issue - Specified key was too long
Solution to the following error // [Illuminate\Database\QueryException] SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1071 Specified key was too long; max key length is 1000 bytes (S QL: alter table `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 1000 bytes // To resolve the above issue Open "app\Providers\AppServiceProvider.php" Add the following code // use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema; function boot() { Schema::defaultStringLength(191); } //