How to show old data of `select` element in Laravel?

Question

How to show old data of select element in Laravel?

Data can be shown in input like this:

<input id="name" name="name" class="form-control" type="text" value="{{ old('name', $user->name) }}">

when the element is select,how to show the old data?

<select class="form-control" name="gender">
    <option value="male">male</option>
    <option value="female">female</option>
</select>

Answer 1

<select class="form-control" name="gender">
    <option value="male" @if (old('gender') == 'male') selected="selected" @endif>male</option>
    <option value="female" @if (old('gender') == 'female') selected="selected" @endif>female</option>
</select>