Laravel 4.2 BIT datatype issue

Question

there is a bit(1) type column in database table. but its not working as i expected.

problem is

$invitee = new Invitee();
$invitee->name = "name1";
$invitee->email = "[email protected]";
$invitee->isActive = 0;    // "b'0'", '0', false,   are also not working
$invitee->save();

I need to put a zero 0 in the isActive column but its getting value 1 every time when i try to add a record with a 0.

and i found a question in here.. but the answers are not describing the cause of the problem. glad if someone can explain the issue.

Answer 1

Having bit type field means that you need to use raw values as a workaround whenever you are inserting/updating that field.

That's because PDO by default will bind these values and they will be treated as strings, thus bit will result in 1:

DB::table('table')->insert(['bit_field' => 0]); // inserts 1
DB::table('table')->insert(['bit_field' => DB::raw(0)]); // inserts 0

And I suggest changing it to tinyint if you could.