Validate select form in laravel

Question

I have this html on my contact form:

<div class="form-group">
     <label class="col-md-2 control-label" for="type">Type of website?</label>
     <div class="col-md-10 inputGroupContainer">
          <div class="input-group">
               <span class="input-group-addon"><i class="fa fa-file-code-o"></i></span>
               <select class="form-control" id="type">
                  <option>Business</option>
                  <option>Company</option>
                  <option>Personal</option>
                  <option>Online Shopping</option>
                  <option>Other</option>
               </select>
          </div>
     </div>
</div>

How can I validate and pass data of this field in email?

Currently I have this:

<!-- Text input-->
<div class="form-group">
      <label class="col-md-2 control-label">Type</label>
      <div class="col-md-10 inputGroupContainer">
           <div class="input-group">
               <span class="input-group-addon"><i class="fa fa-file-code-o"></i></span>
               <input  name="type" placeholder="eg. Business, Company, Personal, Online Shopping, etc." class="form-control"  type="text">
           </div>
      </div>
</div>

And I validate and pass it like this:

$data = array(
        'type' => $request->type,
      );

but that's input field what I want is my first sample (select box), so I'm not sure how to do it!

thanks.

Answer 1

This will work perfectly.

$rules = [
    'selType' => 'required|in:Business,Company,Personal,Online Shopping,Others'
];