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How to fix error on Foreign key constraint incorrectly formed in migrating a table in Laravel


When migrating my DB, this error appears. Below is my code followed by the error that I am getting when trying to run the migration.

Code

public function up()
{
    Schema::create('meals', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->increments('id');
        $table->integer('user_id')->unsigned();
        $table->integer('category_id')->unsigned();
        $table->string('title');
        $table->string('body');
        $table->string('meal_av');
        $table->timestamps();
        $table->foreign('user_id')
            ->references('id')
            ->on('users')
            ->onDelete('cascade');
        $table->foreign('category_id')
            ->references('id')
            ->on('categories')
            ->onDelete('cascade');
    });
}  

Error message

[Illuminate\Database\QueryException]
SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1005 Can't create table meal.#sql-11d2_1 4 (errno: 150 "Foreign key constraint is incorrectly formed") (SQL: alter
table meals add constraint meals_category_id_foreign foreign key (category_id) references categories (id) on delete cascade)


Solution

  • @JuanBonnett’s question has inspired me to find the answer. I used Laravel to automate the process without considering the creation time of the file itself. According to the workflow, “meals” will be created before the other table (categories) because I created its schema file (meals) before categories. That was my fault.