How to set the default value of an attribute on a Laravel model

Question

How to set the default value of an attribute on a Laravel model    Should I set the default when creating a migration or should I set it in the model class

User · Accepted Answer

You can set Default attribute in Model also>

protected $attributes = [
        'status' => self::STATUS_UNCONFIRMED,
        'role_id' => self::ROLE_PUBLISHER,
    ];

You can find the details in these links

1.) How to set a default attribute value for a Laravel / Eloquent model?

2.) https://laracasts.com/index.php/discuss/channels/eloquent/eloquent-help-generating-attribute-values-before-creating-record

You can also Use Accessors & Mutators for this You can find the details in the Laravel documentation 1.) https://laravel.com/docs/4.2/eloquent#accessors-and-mutators

2.) https://scotch.io/tutorials/automatically-format-laravel-database-fields-with-accessors-and-mutators

3.) Universal accessors and mutators in Laravel 4

User · Answer

You should set default values in migrations    table- gt tinyInteger  role  - gt default 1

User · Answer

The other answers are not working for me - they may be outdated  This is what I used as my solution for auto setting an attribute          The  booting  method of the model         return void     protected static function boot         parent  boot            auto-sets values on creation     static  creating function   query             query- gt is voicemail    query- gt is voicemail    true

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