Backend changes separating id from pilot_id

app/Database/factories/UserFactory.php

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ $factory->define(App\Models\User::class, function (Faker $faker) {
 
     return [
         'id'         => null,
+        'pilot_id'   => 0,
         'name'       => $faker->name,
         'email'      => $faker->safeEmail,
         'password'   => $password ?: $password = Hash::make('secret'),

app/Database/migrations/2019_07_16_141152_users_add_pilot_id.php

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?php
+
+use App\Contracts\Model;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+
+class UsersAddPilotId extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Kinda of gross operations to change the pilot ID column
+     * 1. Add an `pilot_id` column, which will get populated with the current ID
+     * 2. Drop the `id` column, and then recreate it as a string field
+     * 3. Iterate through all of the users and set their `id` to the `pilot_id`
+     * 4. Change the other tables column types that reference `user_id`
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function up()
+    {
+        Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->unsignedBigInteger('pilot_id')
+                ->after('id')
+                ->unique()
+                ->nullable()
+                ->index('users_pilot_id');
+        });
+
+        // Migrate the current pilot IDs
+        DB::update('UPDATE `users` SET `pilot_id`=`id`');
+
+        // Drop the old ID column and add a new one
+        /*Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropPrimary('users_id_primary');
+            $table->dropColumn('id');
+            $table->string('id', Model::ID_MAX_LENGTH)->primary();
+        });
+
+        // Update the users to use the `pilot_id` (so we don't need to migrate data from other tables)
+        $users = DB::table('users')->get(['id']);
+        foreach ($users as $user) {
+            $user->id = $user->pilot_id;
+            $user->save();
+        }*/
+
+        // role_user
+        // permission_user
+        // sessions
+        // pireps
+        // bids
+        // news
+        // user_awards
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function down()
+    {
+        Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropColumn('pilot_id');
+        });
+    }
+}