Question

The API gives the code as:

public function up()
{
    $this->addColumn('table_name', 'column_name', 'string', $options);
}

but there’s no documentation for what can be included in the options array.

http://www.doctrine-project.org/Doctrine_Migration_Base/1_2#method_addcolumn

Answer 1

The documentation is wrong. Looking in Doctrine/Migration/base.php, you can see the following function prototype:

/**
 * Add a add column change.
 *
 * @param string $tableName Name of the table
 * @param string $columnName Name of the column
 * @param string $type Type of the column
 * @param string $length Length of the column
 * @param array $options Array of options for the column
 * @return void
 */
public function addColumn($tableName, $columnName, $type, $length = null, array $options = array())

So to add the length, you give it as the 4th parameter. I’m ignoring the options for the moment.