title: laravel4 add checkbox column in database using migration file
body: <p>I am using laravel4 to develop one of my project.I have a migration file where i want to add unchecked or by default a false checkbox colummn to add approval functionality for admin.So my question is very simple ,that is how to add a unchecked checkbox column in a migration file.</p>
  
  <p>here is my marriage migration file,</p>
  
  <pre><code>Schema::create('marriages', function(Blueprint $table)
      {
          $table-&gt;increments('id');
          ------------------------ // field for unchecked checkbox column
          $table-&gt;string('candidate_name',255)-&gt;unique();
          $table-&gt;string('email',255)-&gt;unique();
          $table-&gt;string('father_name',60);
          $table-&gt;string('mother_name',60);
          $table-&gt;date('date_of_birth');
          $table-&gt;string('sex',60);
          $table-&gt;string('location',255);
          $table-&gt;string('blood_group',20);
          $table-&gt;string('religion',60);
          $table-&gt;string('present_address',255);
          $table-&gt;string('permanent_address',60);
          $table-&gt;string('height',100)-&gt;nullable();
          $table-&gt;string('complexion',100);
          $table-&gt;string('nationality',100);
          $table-&gt;string('educational_qualification',255);
          $table-&gt;string('occupation',255);
          $table-&gt;integer('phone_number');
          $table-&gt;integer('number_of_bro_sis');
          $table-&gt;string('image',255);
          $table-&gt;timestamps();
      });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Update:</strong></p>
  
  <p>now how can i check it in my template,i want to show those results from this field which is actually  approved ,should i use </p>
  
  <pre><code>@if($results-&gt;approved(true))
    then show the results object 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>or  should i use some thing else?</p>