Migrate: Is it possible to change a table to add a column and already pass some value to it (excluding the nullable() option)?

Question

for example I have the student table (name, age);

Then I create a Migration to add the genus (M/F)

 Schema::table('estudantes', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->string('genero')->nullable();
    });

but instead of using nullable(), I wanted to know if it is possible to create this column with all values like M (male), for example.

Is that possible?

Answer 1

Yes you can add a default:

Schema::table('estudantes', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->string('genero')->default('M');
});

This way if you do not say otherwise when inserting a new row this column will be populated with the value 'M'

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