title: Laravel Schema Builder : Creating a binary(16) column
body: <p>Using Laravel 5.5 and Mysql (10.1.19-MariaDB)</p>
  
  <p>For a  md5 hash I want a binary(16) column.
  Let's call the colum <strong>url_hash</strong></p>
  
  <p>When using :</p>
  
  <pre><code>$table-&gt;binary('url_hash');
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>it will give me a BLOB column.</p>
  
  <p>source : <a href="https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/migrations#creating-columns" rel="noreferrer">https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/migrations#creating-columns</a></p>
  
  <p>I have seen all kind of hacks or plugins around the web for this , but what is the most simple one without any external plugins that could break on the next update?</p>
  
  <p>Cheers</p>