Laravel create user statement doesn't store specific columns - php

Question

I am using Laravel version 5.4 . I have a table called Users and each user has the below columns :
Schema::create('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
$defaultValue = 0;
$table->increments('id');
$table->string('name');
$table->string('email')->unique();
$table->string('facebook_id')->unique();
$table->string('avatar');
$table->integer('newsletter')->default($defaultValue); // <-
$table->bigInteger('category_1')->default($defaultValue); // <-
$table->bigInteger('category_2')->default($defaultValue); // <-
$table->bigInteger('category_3')->default($defaultValue); // <-
$table->timestamp('unlocked_tip_of_category_1_at')->nullable();
$table->timestamp('unlocked_tip_of_category_2_at')->nullable();
$table->timestamp('unlocked_tip_of_category_3_at')->nullable();
$table->rememberToken();
$table->timestamps();
});
The problem is that when i use the function to create a user category_1, category_2 and category_3 don't take the new value which is 1.
After taking auth from facebook i use the below to store user's information :
return User::create([
'name' => $facebookUser->name,
'email' => $facebookUser->email,
'facebook_id' => $facebookUser->id,
'avatar' => $facebookUser->avatar,
'newsletter' => 0,
'category_1' => 1,
'category_2' => 1,
'category_3' => 1,
]);
For example name changes to facebook user's name. Also i tried changing
'name' => $facebookUser->name,
to
'name' => $facebookUser->name . " HEY",
Which successfuly stored the name and + " HEY" at the end. (Just to be sure that this runs).
Categories are bigInteger that means a bigint(20) type. I am thinking something happens with the default values which i've set it to 0.
Any ideas? If you need any more information please let me know.
From what i am trying to accomplish the best way to solve this is to change the $defaultvalue to 1, but i don't understand why this doesn't work.

Answer 1

If you're using the default laravel scaffolding then you need to ensure you're updating the default App\User model based on all columns you need to have as fillable:
class User extends Model {
protected $fillable = [
'name', 'email', 'password','facebook_id','avatar','newsletter',
'category_1', 'category_2', 'category_3'
];
...
}
Same applies if you're creating your own model.