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user860511
user860511

Reputation:

Pass chosen Laravel dropdown option into the controller

View:

{{ Form::open(array('url'=>'agents/searchStaff', 
                    'class'=>'form-search', 
                    'role'=>'form')) }}

        <select class="form-control">
          @foreach ($company->users as $user)
          <option id="{{ $user->id }}" name="agent">
                      {{ $user->firstname }} {{ $user->surname }}
          </option>
          @endforeach
        </select>
{{ Form::close() }}

Route:

Route::post('agents/searchStaff', 'AgentsController@postSearchStaff');

Controller:

public function postSearchStaff()
{
    $agent_id = Input::get('agent');
    dd($agent_id); // For testing purposes - Always returns NULL.
}

I'm unsure as to why the option value's ID isn't being passed onto the controller. Any help and guidance would be appreciated.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2307

Answers (2)

Jarek Tkaczyk
Jarek Tkaczyk

Reputation: 81187

You need to change id={{ $user->id }} to value={{ $user->id }},

but this:

<select class="form-control">
  @foreach ($company->users as $user)
    <option id="{{ $user->id }}" name="agent">
      {{ $user->firstname }} {{ $user->surname }}
    </option>
  @endforeach
</select>

can be done in one line with a bit sugar in your model:

// view
{{ Form::select('agent', $users, $selectedAgentId, $attributes) }}

// User model
public function getFullnameAttribute()
{
    return $this->attributes['firstname'].' '.$this->attributes['surname'];
}

// controller:
$users = $company->users->lists('fullname','id'); // Collection method

Upvotes: 1

Jono20201
Jono20201

Reputation: 3205

Change

 <select class="form-control">
     @foreach ($company->users as $user)
         <option id="{{ $user->id }}" name="agent">
             {{ $user->firstname }} {{ $user->surname }}
         </option>
     @endforeach
 </select>

to 

 <select class="form-control" name="agent">
     @foreach ($company->users as $user)
         <option value="{{ $user->id }}">
             {{ $user->firstname }} {{ $user->surname }}
         </option>
     @endforeach
 </select>

Upvotes: 0

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