How to Create Laravel 10 Migration with Custom Index Name?

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This post is focused on How to Create Laravel 10 Migration with a Custom Index Name. I explained simply step by step How to change/disable autogenerated index names. if you have a question about Laravel Migration Add Index on Column Example then I will give a simple example with a solution. you'll learn Laravel Migration Tutorial: Custom Index Names Made Simple. Let's see the below example of How to Craft Migrations with Custom Index Names.

I will provide a straightforward example of how to change the index name using migration in Laravel 6, Laravel 7, Laravel 8, Laravel 9, and Laravel 10 versions.

Create Migration Command

php artisan make:migration create_items_table

database/migrations/2021_04_07_125911_create_items_table.php

<?php
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
class CreateItemsTable extends Migration
{
    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('items', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->id();
            $table->string('title');
            $table->text('body');
            $table->timestamps();
            $table->index(['title', 'created_at'], 'items_title_created_at_index_new');
            /*
                $table->index(['title', 'created_at']);
                Default Name Index Key Name will be : "items_title_created_at_index"
            */
        });
    }
    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::dropIfExists('items');
    }
}

By default, it will use the index key name 'items_title_created_at_index.' However, if you wish to customize it, the index function accepts an additional argument for a custom name. In this example, I've renamed it to items_title_created_at_index_new. Let's run the seeder and observe the MySQL layout.

run migration

php artisan migrate