Submit a default value if a checkbox is unchecked

You should leave us with a little bit of code. We can't help you without any code.

For sure,

this is my form (part of it)

        <form role="form" method="POST" action="/manage/products">
            {{ csrf_field() }}


            <div class="form-group">
                <label for="name">Product name</label>
                <input id="name" type="text" name="name" value="{{ old('name') }}" required> 
            </div>

            <div class="form-group">
                <label for="featured" class="checkbox">
                    <input type="checkbox" name="featured" id="featured" value="1">
                    Featured
                </label> 
            </div>                    

            <input type="submit" value="Create">

        </form>

the function in the controller

    public function store(Request $request)
    {

        $this->validate(request(), [

            'name' => 'required|string|max:255',
            'featured' => 'boolean',
            'status' => 'required|boolean',
            'description' => 'string',
            'price' => 'required|numeric',
            'weight' => 'nullable|numeric'           

        ]);

        Product::create([

            'name' => request('name'),
            'featured' => request('featured'),
            'status' => request('status'),
            'description' => request('description'),
            'price' => request('price'),
            'weight' => request('weight')

        ]);

        // return redirect('');

    }

I'm guessing the status is the checkbox. You should:

'status' => 'required|boolean|nullable'

and after it you should check if it's null.

if($request->get('status') == null){
    $status = 0;
}

Then just save the model as you are doing:

'status' => $status

Featured is the checkbox. But thanks to your solution, It is working now

        $this->validate(request(), [

            'name' => 'required|string|max:255',
            'featured' => 'boolean',
            'status' => 'required|boolean',
            'description' => 'string',
            'price' => 'required|numeric',
            'weight' => 'nullable|numeric'           

        ]);

        if($request->get('featured') == null){
            $featured = 0;
        }
        else{
            $featured = request('featured');
        }

        Product::create([

            'name' => request('name'),
            'featured' => $featured,
            'status' => request('status'),
            'description' => request('description'),
            'price' => request('price'),
            'weight' => request('weight')

        ]);

If it solved your problem accept the asnwer. It may help others.

If you're using php7+, you could also simplify that a bit with the null coalesce operator.

if($request->get('featured') == null){
  $featured = 0;
} else {
  $featured = request('featured');
}

becomes just $featured = $request->get('featured') ?? 0;

Try to add a hidden field with the same name and default value before the checkbox.

<input type="hidden" name="my_name" value="0">
<input type="checkbox" name="my_name">

If you check the checkbox then it will override the default value and you'll get 1. If you don't check it you'll get the default value.

Thank you Cronix, it is indeed cleaner.

@andreich1980 this a nice solution also.

Very useful, thank you all!