Voyager: enum type is not supported by Doctrine, which is built into laravel.

Created on 2 Nov 2016 · 9Comments · Source: the-control-group/voyager

I don't know why I'm running into this now, but hey, Murphy's law! ;)

Getting a
[Doctrine\DBAL\DBALException]
Unknown database type enum requested, Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\MySqlPlatform may not support it.

Research suggests that the Doctrine platform has never supported enum and never will given that people have reported the issue for years. Most solutions seem incredibly hacky.

Anyways, for what it's worth, I'm dropping this here as I ran into it and don't have time to solve something that's clearly very complicated.

http://docs.doctrine-project.org/projects/doctrine-orm/en/latest/cookbook/mysql-enums.html
https://github.com/laravel/framework/issues/1346
https://github.com/laravel/framework/issues/1186
https://wildlyinaccurate.com/doctrine-2-resolving-unknown-database-type-enum-requested/

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Mugluck

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Okay. I can do a Laravel package to solve this.
Can I ping you to test it?

marktopper on 28 Nov 2016

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I observed the same error with a real enum type in one of my existing Postgresql database.
And adding an enum using Laravel does not seem to create a real enum in the database.

arnaudbesnier on 3 Nov 2016

Is this still a issue? I have a solution for this which I can then go ahead an implement.

marktopper on 27 Nov 2016

Yeah, to the best of my knowledge it is.

Mugluck on 28 Nov 2016

Okay. I can do a Laravel package to solve this.
Can I ping you to test it?

marktopper on 28 Nov 2016

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Sure. No problem. I can test it out on a blank project, and on one of my development databases that really likes to trigger problems on me.

Mugluck on 28 Nov 2016

Update to the latest version of Voyager and this have been fixed.

marktopper on 14 Jan 2017

@marktopper How it should work? I getting this error when i wanted to create some PR's for Voyager, but i can't do this. After install or clone fork with master branch Voyager not working, JS is not loaded and when i trying to install voyager, i getting this issue, i don't have idea how can i fix it...

AdrianKuriata on 16 Jun 2017

still a problem...it has not been fixed!! 3 years!!!

brazitech on 18 Jun 2018

First off, please reference a calendar before mentioning the passage of time

This issue was closed nearly 18 months ago, and was referencing a much older version. Voyager has changed SIGNIFICANTLY since this issue was opened. If you're having an issue with Voyager, we welcome you to open your own issue or ask in our Slack group.