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

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.

Answer 2

You can do it like this.

<select class="form-control" name="resoureceName">

  <option>Select Item</option>

  @foreach ($items as $item)
    <option value="{{ $item->id }}" {{ ( $item->id == $existingRecordId) ? 'selected' : '' }}> {{ $item->name }} </option>
  @endforeach    </select>