Laravel 4 artisan migrate install - mysql

Question

I'm trying to migrate a very basic app from Laravel 3 to Laravel 4. It looks very easy but for some reason the following command is not working.
php artisan migrate:install
Following this tutorial: http://laravel.com/docs/quick#installation it seems like we don't need to install the artisan anymore. So I tried just running
php artisan migrate
But I always get the error
[ErrorException]
Undefined index: collation
My database.php:
'fetch' => PDO::FETCH_CLASS,
'default' => 'mysql',
'connections' => array(
'sqlite' => array(
'driver' => 'sqlite',
'database' => __DIR__.'/../database/production.sqlite',
'prefix' => '',
),
'mysql' => array(
'driver' => 'mysql',
'host' => '127.0.0.1',
'database' => 'wepromoters_db',
'username' => 'root',
'password' => '',
'charset' => 'utf8',
'prefix' => '',
),
'pgsql' => array(
'driver' => 'pgsql',
'host' => 'localhost',
'database' => 'database',
'username' => 'root',
'password' => '',
'charset' => 'utf8',
'prefix' => '',
'schema' => 'public',
),
'sqlsrv' => array(
'driver' => 'sqlsrv',
'host' => 'localhost',
'database' => 'database',
'username' => 'root',
'password' => '',
'prefix' => '',
),
),
'redis' => array(
'cluster' => true,
'default' => array(
'host' => '127.0.0.1',
'port' => 6379,
'database' => 0,
),
),
My migration:
public function up()
{
Schema::create('users',function($table){
$table->increments('id');
$table->string('email')->unique();
$table->string('password');
$table->string('type');
$table->timestamps();
});
}
Lastly the db is working fine with my Laravel 3 app
What is going on?

Answer 1

According to this thread on the Laravel forums, a collation parameter is now required in the database configuration.
Try it with this (notice the extra "collation" parameter after the "charset" one) :
'mysql' => array(
'driver' => 'mysql',
'host' => '127.0.0.1',
'database' => 'wepromoters_db',
'username' => 'root',
'password' => '',
'charset' => 'utf8',
'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
'prefix' => '',
),

Answer 2

Laravel 4 is entirely different with Laravel 3, So use laravel 4 commands to migrate your table. I don't know exactly but you can try with this command:
php artisan make:migration create_users_table(Enter)
So, we created default users table and have to create our table:
php artisan make:migration create_YourTableName_table -- create YourTableName
Then, check your file in "migration/YourTableName.php" by opening it.
Now, you can write your code under the "Run Migration Block".
Finally, Run this command to migrate your table.
php artisan migrate
It will migrate your table with in span of time.