Example of Enum in ammannbe/RecipeManager

use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;

class CreateRecipesTable extends Migration
{
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('recipes', function (Blueprint $table) {
            //
            $table->enum('complexity', ['simple', 'normal', 'difficult'])->default('normal');
            //
        });
    }
    //
}

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Recipe extends Model
{
    //
    public const COMPLEXITY_TYPES = [
        'simple',
        'normal',
        'difficult',
    ];
    //
}

use App\Models\Recipes\Recipe;
use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;

class Store extends FormRequest
{
    public function rules()
    {
        $rules = [
            'category_id'      => ['required', 'nullable', 'exists:categories,id'],
            'name'             => ['required', 'string', 'max:100', 'unique:recipes,name'],
            'yield_amount'     => ['required', 'nullable', 'numeric', 'max:999'],
            'complexity'       => ['required', 'string', Rule::in(Recipe::COMPLEXITY_TYPES)],
            'instructions'     => ['required', 'string', 'max:16000000'],
            'preparation_time' => ['nullable', 'string', 'date_format:H:i'],
        ];
        //
        return $rules;
    }
}