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3 {{ Form::open(array('url' => 'my/route')) }}
4 {{ Form::label('panda_colour', 'Pandas are?') }}
5 {{ Form::select('panda_colour', array(
6 'red' => 'Red',
7 'black' => 'Black',
8 'white' => 'White'
9 ), 'red') }}
10 {{ Form::close() }}
The Form::select() method accepts a name attribute as the first parameter, and an array of keyvalue
pairs as a second parameter. The key for the selected option will be returned within the request
data. The third, optional, parameter is the key for a value that will appear as selected by default. In
the above example, the ‘Red’ option will be selected when the page loads.
Here’s the generated source.
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8 Pandas are?
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10 Red
11 Black
12 White
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If we want to, we can organise our select box options by category. To enable this option, all we need
to do is provide a multidimensional array as the second parameter. The first level of the array will
be the category, and the second level will be the list of values just as before.
Here’s an example.