title: How to get database field type in Laravel?
body: <p>Is there a way to get the datatype of a database table field?
  This would be almost like the inverse of a migration.</p>
  <p>For example, if the migration of a users table column looks like</p>
  <pre><code>...
  $table-&gt;integer('age')
  ...
  </code></pre>
  <p>Is there a function that will return <code>integer</code> if I specify table <code>user</code> and column <code>age</code>?</p>
  <p>I'm not interested in a specific database implementation, (<code>mysql_field_type()</code>).  Like Laravel's migration, it needs to be database agnostic.</p>