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Reputation: 9381

How can I specify in Laravel Eloquent that my column cannot be null?

As per title: How can I specify that when trying to save my model (pushing it to the database) that certain columns cannot be null?

e.g. protected $fillable = ['name', 'haircolor'];

I know that I can use a [Mutator][1] but that doesn't work when creating a new object with form data as input, only for individual assingment.

I might use the before save event but that also sounds kinda hacky.

So is there a way to define the constraints in an eloquent model? Or maybe if not, a best practice?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 649

Answers (1)

Alexey Mezenin
Alexey Mezenin

Reputation: 163748

Best practice is to define the column as not nullable in migration class by removing ->nullable().

You also could create a wrapper for create() function, like:

public function checkAndCreate($data) {
    // Check if some columns are null and do something about this.
    ....

    return $this->create($data);
}

Upvotes: 2

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