Changing column of enum through DB::statement - php

Question

I have a column of type enum I want to change it to type varchar but it brings an error that the sql syntax is not correct, please what's the solution
This is the table creation migration code
class CreateCurrenciesTable extends Migration
{
/**
* Run the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function up()
{
$symbols = ['₦', '$', '£'];
Schema::create('currencies', function (Blueprint $table) use($symbols) {
$table->increments('id');
$table->string('name', 50);
$table->string('code', 5);
$table->enum('symbol', $symbols);
$table->timestamps();
});
}
/**
* Reverse the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function down()
{
DB::statement('SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0');
Schema::dropIfExists('currencies');
DB::statement('SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1');
}
This is the migration code I want to use to change the column type but keep on getting an error
class AddSymbolToImagesTable extends Migration
{
/**
* Run the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function up()
{
Schema::table('images', function (Blueprint $table) {
DB::statement('ALTER TABLE images ALTER COLUMN symbol VARCHAR(200)');
// $table->text('symbol')->change();
});
}
/**
* Reverse the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function down()
{
Schema::table('images', function (Blueprint $table) {
// $symbols = ['₦', '$', '£'];
// $table->enum('symbol', $symbols)->change();
DB::statement('ALTER TABLE images ALTER COLUMN symbol enum ');
});
}
}

Answer 1

This does not really have anything to do with Laravel and you should also include the error next time.
To change the column type you can use MODIFY or MODIFY COLUMN.
So this would work:
ALTER TABLE images MODIFY symbol varchar(200)
There is a few to change the column name as you can see in the docs here: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/alter-table.html#alter-table-redefine-column