Setting selected option in laravel form

Question

I need to give selected value like this html:

<select name="myselect" id="myselect">
 <option value="1">Item 1</option>
 <option value="2" selected='selected'>Item 2</option>

how can I achieve this, with laravel forms?

Answer 1

To echo some other answers here, the code I just used with 5.6 is this

{{ Form::select('status', ['Draft' => 'Draft', 'Sent' => 'Sent', 'Paid' => 'Paid'], $model->status, ['id' => 'status']) }}

In order to be able to use the Form Helper from LaravelCollective I took a look at https://laravelcollective.com/docs/master/html#drop-down-lists

I also had to composer require the dependency also so that I could use it in my projects

composer require "laravelcollective/html":"^5"

Lastly I altered my config/app.php and added the following in the $aliases array

    'Form' => Collective\Html\FormFacade::class,

https://laravelcollective.com/docs/master/html should be consulted if any of the above ceases to work.

Answer 2

Setting selected option is very simple in laravel form :

{{ Form::select('number', [0, 1, 2], 2) }}

Output will be :

<select name="number">
  <option value="0">0</option>
  <option value="1">1</option>
  <option value="2" selected="selected">2</option>
</select>

Answer 3

Just Simply paste this code you will get the desired output that you needed.

 {{ Form::select ('myselect', ['1' => 'Item 1', '2' => 'Item 2'], 2 , ['id' =>'myselect']) }}` `

Answer 4

use this package and check the docs:

https://laravelcollective.com/docs/5.2/html#drop-down-lists

form you html , you need use this mark

{!! Form::select('size', array('L' => 'Large', 'S' => 'Small'), 'S'); !!}

Answer 5

You can also try this for limited options:

          <select class="form-control required" id="assignedRole">
            <option id = "employeeRole" selected ="@if($employee->employee_role=='Employee'){'selected'}else{''} @endif">Employee</option>
            <option id = "adminRole" selected ="@if($employee->employee_role=='Admin'){'selected'}else{''} @endif">Admin</option>
            <option id = "employerRole" selected ="@if($employee->employee_role=='Employer'){'selected'}else{''} @endif">Employer</option>
          </select>

Answer 6

Everybody talking about you go using {!! Form::select() !!} but, if all you need is to use plain simple HTML.. here is another way to do it.

<select name="myselect">
@foreach ($options as $key => $value)
    <option value="{{ $key }}"
    @if ($key == old('myselect', $model->option))
        selected="selected"
    @endif
    >{{ $value }}</option>
@endforeach
</select>

the old() function is useful when you submit the form and the validation fails. So that, old() returns the previously selected value.