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midowu
midowu

Reputation: 1057

How to set default value in select dropdown option in Laravel

I have this code in Laravel-5.8

Controller:

public $leave_applicable_genders = [
    "1" => "Both",
    "2" => "Male",
    "3" => "Female",
]; 

public function create()
{
    $leavetype = new HrLeaveType();
    
    return view('leave.leave_types.create')
            ->with('leavetype', $leavetype)
            ->with('leave_applicable_genders', $this->leave_applicable_genders);
}

view:

     <td width="15%">                    
          <select class="form-control select2bs4" data-placeholder="Select Applicable Gender" tabindex="1" name="leave_applicable_gender[]">
               @foreach($leave_applicable_genders as $k => $leave_applicable_gender)
                   <option value="{{$k}}" @if(old("leave_applicable_gender") == "$k") selected @endif>{{$leave_applicable_gender}}</option>
               @endforeach                                         
           </select>
     </td>

  1. How do I set the default value of the select dropdown option to 1 (Both)?

  2. The old() helper is not working. How do I rectify this?

Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1447

Answers (2)

mmabdelgawad
mmabdelgawad

Reputation: 2545

For number 1 - by default it will be selected as it's the first element in leave_applicable_gender array.

For number 2 - you can try this

@foreach($leave_applicable_genders as $k => $leave_applicable_gender)
     <option value="{{ $k }}" {{ in_array($k, old("leave_applicable_gender") ?? []) ? 'selected' : ''  }}>{{ $leave_applicable_gender }}</option>
@endforeach

Edited Answer

Why you need to make this select input as multiple select. User only need to select on option so my suggestion would be

<select class="form-control select2bs4" data-placeholder="Select Applicable Gender" tabindex="1" name="leave_applicable_gender">
    @foreach($leave_applicable_genders as $k => $leave_applicable_gender)
        <option value="{{$k}}" {{ old("leave_applicable_gender") == $k ? 'selected' : '' }}>{{$leave_applicable_gender}}</option>
    @endforeach
</select>

Also, first selected option will be both.

Upvotes: 0

Malkhazi Dartsmelidze
Malkhazi Dartsmelidze

Reputation: 4992

If you pass second argument to old() function it will be returned by default. So you can do following:

    <td width="15%">                    
        <select class="form-control select2bs4" data-placeholder="Select Applicable Gender" tabindex="1" name="leave_applicable_gender[]">
            @php($val = old('leave_applicable_gender', [1])) {{-- 1 for 'Both' --}}
            @foreach($leave_applicable_genders as $k => $leave_applicable_gender)
                <option value="{{$k}}" @if(in_array($k,$val)) selected="" @endif>{{$leave_applicable_gender}}</option>
            @endforeach                                         
        </select>
    </td>

By setting value old() function doesn't run on every foreach iteration

Upvotes: 0

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