Unknown database type bit requested, Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\MySQLPlatform may not support it

[Ailton Silva]

currently i am using bit as boolean

at vendor/doctrine/dbal/src/Platforms/AbstractPlatform.php:441
    $dbType = strtolower($dbType);
    if (! isset($this->doctrineTypeMapping[$dbType])) {
   throw new Exception(
    'Unknown database type ' . $dbType . ' requested, ' . static::class . ' may not support it.',
    );
    }
    

what i should do after this?

[Seth Phat]

can you share your table's structure @TalionOak ?

[Ailton Silva]

[Seth Phat]

I think in this case, we have 2 approaches:

1. Register as string

https://github.com/sethsandaru/eloquent-docs/blob/main/src/EloquentDocsServiceProvider.php#L20-L25

Looks to me, bit(1) or bit(n) stores the "010101010111" value, and it is basically a string.

I'd add this improvement for EloquentDocs. But honestly, it is really rare case to use "bit", I'd suggest using "tinyint(1)" for boolean.

2. Register as boolean from userland

Add this to your own project, register bit as boolean

// AppServiceProvider.php

public function boot(): void
{
    DB::connection()
        ->getDoctrineConnection()
        ->getDatabasePlatform()
        ->registerDoctrineTypeMapping('bit', 'boolean');
}