Two ways to set default DB column value in Laravel

Sometimes your project needs to set default values to some fields if it’s not set from the form/another source. In Larvel there are two ways to set default values to the DB column.

1) Database Migrations

Database migrations are an ideal solution to set default values in a DB field – probably most correct. So you don’t need to worry ever, even if you don’t send these values to your insert/update queries.

Schema::table('users', function ($table) {
    $table->string('status')->default('active');
});

2) Using Model Attribute

Another way of doing this is using the model attribute variable – you can add the default attribute value in the array.

class User extends Model {
    protected $attributes = [
        'status' => 'active'
    ];
}

This will take care of the default value even if you forget in the first place.

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