table ( 'locations' )->removeColumn ( 'latlong' )->update (); } /** * but for preservation of former realities, we re-add the latlong column if we're going backwards. * this supports our code for transmogrifying the coordinates between two column format and one * column fomat. */ public function down() { $this->table ( 'locations' )->addColumn ( 'latlong', 'string', [ 'length' => 255, 'null' => true ] )->update (); } }