It is possible to do this. However the user passwords you already have stored in the db and the Laravel's password hashing is different, so it's advisable to send all users to reset their passwords after the update. Just get rid of the old passwords or you may write extra code to authenticate with the old password hashes. Also don;t stick to the old db schema, create from scratch, use laravel's schema, you can always migrate your old data.
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