Laravel 11.x takes ->binary as varbinary column in the database

README.md

@@ -91,17 +91,19 @@ Global scope `DecryptSelectScope` automatically booted in models using `Encrypta
 Schema::create('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
     $table->bigIncrements('id');
     $table->string('password');
+    $table->binary('first_name',300); // VARBINARY(300) for laravel 11.x and above versions
     $table->rememberToken();
     $table->timestamps();
 });
 
-// Once the table has been created, use ALTER TABLE to create VARBINARY
+// for laravel 10.x and below version, Once the table has been created, use ALTER TABLE to create VARBINARY
 // or BLOB types to store encrypted data.
 DB::statement('ALTER TABLE `users` ADD `first_name` VARBINARY(300)');
 DB::statement('ALTER TABLE `users` ADD `last_name` VARBINARY(300)');
 DB::statement('ALTER TABLE `users` ADD `email` VARBINARY(300)');
 DB::statement('ALTER TABLE `users` ADD `telephone` VARBINARY(50)');
 ```
+
 ## Implementing encryption for existing data
 
 For this you can create one command like
@@ -116,7 +118,6 @@ You can refer the example, clicking on below Example button:
 
 <a href="https://github.com/TapanDerasari/laravel-mysql-encrypt/blob/master/existing_data_encryption.md" target="new"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Example-green"></a>
 
-
 ## License
 
 The MIT License (MIT). Please

tests/TestCase.php

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 use Orchestra\Testbench\TestCase as Orchestra;
 use TapanDerasari\MysqlEncrypt\Providers\LaravelServiceProvider;
-use TapanDerasari\MysqlEncrypt\Tests\Models\Demo;
 
 class TestCase extends Orchestra
 {

tests/Unit/DatabaseTest.php

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     $schema->create('testing', function (Blueprint $table) {
         $table->increments('id');
         $table->string('value');
+        //$table->binary('value',1024); //For Laravel 11.x and above vesions
         $table->timestamps();
     });