title: Is there any way to detect if a database table exists with Laravel
body: <p>I want to be able to create a table using</p>
  
  <pre><code>Schema::create('mytable',function($table)
  {
      $table-&gt;increments('id');
      $table-&gt;string('title');
  });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But before that I would like to check if the table already exists, perhaps something like</p>
  
  <pre><code>Schema::exists('mytable');
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, the above function does not exist.  What else can I use?</p>