Reputation: 141
something like... in the view
{{Form::open(array('url'=>'expense/add', 'method' => 'POST', 'class' => 'form-signin'), array('role'=>'form'))}}
<select id="expense_category_id" class="form-control">
@foreach($data['categories'] as $category)
<option value="{{$category->id}}">{{$category->name}}</option>
@endforeach
{{Form::submit('submit', array('class'=>'btn btn-lg btn-primary btn-block'))}}
{{Form::close()}}
Upvotes: 4
Views: 7513
Reputation: 406
Controller:
$data['categories'] = Category::lists('name', 'id');
If you are using the attribute Category model controller:
$data['categories'] = Category::get()->lists('name', 'id');
view:
{{ Form::select('expense_category_id', $data['categories'], null, array('class' => 'form-control') }}
For laravel5.3 use pluck.
$data['categories'] = Category::all()->pluck('name', 'id');
Reference
You can try.
Upvotes: 7
Reputation: 714
Or you can pass the categories from your controller like this:
$categories = Category::all();
And inside your blade generate the dropdown like this:
{!! Form::select('category', $categories->lists('name', 'id'), Input::old('category'), ['class' => 'form-control']) !!}
Upvotes: 1