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3 {{ Form::open(array('url' => 'my/route')) }}
4 {{ Form::label('first_name', 'First Name') }}
5 {{ Form::text('first_name', 'Taylor Otwell',
6 array('id' => 'first_name')) }}
7 {{ Form::close() }}
The truth is, every single one of the input generators will accept an optional array of attributes as
a final parameter. They all work in the same way, so I won’t describe this feature in every section.
Just keep it in mind!
Textarea Fields
The textarea field functions in a similar way to the text input type, except that they allow multiline
data. Let’s see how they can be generated.
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3 {{ Form::open(array('url' => 'my/route')) }}
4 {{ Form::label('description', 'Description') }}
5 {{ Form::textarea(‘description', 'Best field ever!') }}
6 {{ Form::close() }}
The first parameter is the name attribute for the element, and the second parameter once again is the
default value. Here’s the form element as it appears in the generated HTML source.
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9 Best field ever!
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As you can see from the generated source, Laravel has provided some default values, such as the
amount of columns and rows for the field. We could easily override these values by adding new
values for them to the optional final parameter. I hope you haven’t forgot about the attributes array!