here is the answer

public function save(array $options = array())
{
	if( ! $this->company_id)
    {
        $this->company_id = Auth::user()->company->id;
    }
	parent::save($options);
}

Thanks to Antonio Carlos Ribeiro from stackoverflow http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21803077/laravel-4-how-to-add-user-id-as-a-default-value-when-inserting-new-records

You can use property mutators inside your models:

public function setCompanyIdAttribute($cid)
{
     $this->attributes['company_id'] = Auth::user()->company->id;
}

Just another solution :)

usm4n said:

You can use property mutators inside your models:

public function setCompanyIdAttribute($cid)
{
    $this->attributes['company_id'] = Auth::user()->company->id;
}

Just another solution :)

not really 'another solution' because you still need to call for the method to trigger

$model->company_id = 'dummy value';

what ahmd8 needs is Model Observers (http://laravel.com/docs/eloquent#model-observers) and listen to the 'saving' event

Sorry :(, i misunderstood the problem, you are right :)

usm4n said:

Sorry :(, i misunderstood the problem, you are right :)

no worries ;)