From 2b84f6c17a044d06b2593b2cacabdd85b525b275 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luke Towers <github@luketowers.ca>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 00:14:42 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Document dropColumnIfExists()

Refs: https://github.com/wintercms/storm/commit/2fcb050bdbc051c25e0a94485a0a46d0b87dd119
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 database/structure.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/database/structure.md b/database/structure.md
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--- a/database/structure.md
+++ b/database/structure.md
@@ -217,6 +217,23 @@ Schema::table('users', function ($table) {
 });
 ```
 
+You can also use the `dropColumnIfExists` method on the Schema builder for a slightly safer way of handling migrations:
+
+```php
+Schema::table('users', function ($table) {
+    $table->dropColumnIfExists('single_column');
+    // or
+    $table->dropColumnIfExists('one_column', 'two_column');
+    // or
+    $table->dropColumnIfExists([
+        'one_column',
+        'two_column',
+        'red_column',
+        'blue_column',
+    ]);
+}
+```
+
 ### Creating indexes
 
 The schema builder supports several types of indexes. First, let's look at an example that specifies a column's values should be unique. To create the index, we can simply chain the `unique` method onto the column definition: