bootstrap-select.js & Laravel Form Facade -- no select "value"

Question

When using bootstrap-select.js in combination with the Laravel Form facade, no value is transmitted. dd() says null

{!! Form::select('user', $users, null, array('class' => 'selectpicker show-tick', 'data-live-search' => 'true', 'id' => 'user_select')) !!}

However when using the form facade without bootstrap-select like this:

{!! Form::select('user', $users, null) !!}

it works.

dd() says 1

Answer 1

When using bootstrap select, You should fetch the input like:

Input::get('id_of_your_input');

and when not using bootstrap select you should do it like this:

Input::get('name_of_your_input');

Coz bootstrap select creates another input to be sent with a new name (extracted from the original Input's Id) :)

Update You can use dd(Input::all()) to see all the inputs sent to your controller with their names.