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

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?

Answer 1

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

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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