title: artisan migrate command doesn't migrate, produces no output
body: <p>I am working on my first Laravel project. I'm trying to create database migrations and run them with <code>artisan migrate</code>. The migrations aren't running and the command returns no output. </p>
  
  <p>Key facts:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>I used <code>artisan make:migration</code> to create the migration file with the proper filepath.</li>
  <li>The first time I ran the command, it created the migration table in the database. So I know that it is hitting the database and at least doing something right.</li>
  <li>When I have no files in the <code>database/migrations</code> folder, I get the <code>Nothing to migrate</code> command.</li>
  <li>Beyond these two messages, I have received no output at all from the command. No errors, nothing. Furthermore, there are no records in the migration table in the database.</li>
  <li><code>artisan migrate --verbose</code> also returns no output.</li>
  <li>The permissions on <code>storage/logs</code> is <code>drwxrwxrwx.</code> I am the owner of the directory.</li>
  <li><code>storage/logs/laravel.log</code> doesn't contain anything pertaining to the migrations.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I've included the code for my first migration below. </p>
  
  <p>This question is different from <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30447385/artisan-creating-tables-in-database/41639442">this question</a> in that the previous user didn't use the proper naming convention. That question contains a detailed answer about the migration process. It's not helpful because I'm not getting any output. I also reviewed the questions suggested by SO as I entered this question.</p>
  
  <p>Perhaps I have something configured incorrectly? What do I need to do to get these migrations running?</p>
  
  <p><strong>2017_01_17_151638_user.php</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php
  
  use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
  use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
  use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
  
  // Create the classes associated with user management.
  
  class UserMigration extends Migration
  {
      public function up()
      {
        Schema::create('tblUser', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table-&gt;increments('id');
            $table-&gt;string('name');
            $table-&gt;string('email')-&gt;unique();
            $table-&gt;string('password');
            $table-&gt;rememberToken();
            $table-&gt;timestamps();
        });
  
        Schema::create('tblUserPasswordReset', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table-&gt;string('email')-&gt;index();
            $table-&gt;string('token')-&gt;index();
            $table-&gt;timestamp('create_date')-&gt;nullable();
        });
      }
  
      public function down()
      {
        Schema::dropIfExists('tblUserPasswordReset');
        Schema::dropIfExists('tblUser');
      }
  }
  </code></pre>