DB schema breaking when using older MariaDB with Laravel 11.x

[leomedeiros]

Laravel Version

11.x

PHP Version

8.2.17

Database Driver & Version

No response

Description

Background

MariaDB only added the generation_expression column to the information_schema.columns table on version 10.2 (https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MDEV-9255).

Database\Schema\Grammars\MariaDbGrammar extends Database\Schema\Grammars\MySqlGrammar.

Starting on version 11.x (6f3ddc3) , MySqlGrammar->compileColumns() started to pull generation_expression from information_schema.columns.

Problem

If you are running Laravel 11.x on a MariaDB older than 10.2, it will break because the information_schema.columns table won't have the generation_expression column.

Steps To Reproduce

Setup Laravel 11.x on a MariaDB server and try to run a Schema.hasColumn() command. It will break.

[Jubeki]

Laravel only supports MariaDB 10.3+ (See https://laravel.com/docs/11.x/database#introduction)

[driesvints]

I'm afraid we don't support this version, sorry.