Add default value to select list in Laravel form::select

Question

Simple question, I hope.

I need to add a default value to my select list 'Please Select', and set it to disabled.

<select name="myselect" id="myselect">
  <option value="" disabled>Please Select</option>
  <option value="1">Item 1</option>
  <option value="2">Item 2</option>
</select>

My current laravel form::select is

{{
Form::select(
    'myselect',
    $categories,
    $myselectedcategories,
    array(
        'class' => 'form-control',
        'id' => 'myselect'
    )
}}

How can I amend this to include the default option value?

score 28 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 22 '15 at 17:17

28

In Laravel 5.1 you can prepend the default item if the list is a collection (result of a Eloquent::lists())

$categories = Category::lists('name', 'id');
$categories->prepend('None');

answered Nov 22 '15 at 17:17

Saranga A

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Way cleaner! Thanks! – Bruno Rodrigues Jan 19 '16 at 20:36
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You might want to the second line to be `$categories->prepend('None', 0)` to give it a key so that the ids are preserved. – Pranay Aryal Jan 10 '17 at 18:13
when prepend is not available, we can use: `$categories = array(0 , 'None') + $categories` – Rakibul Haq Oct 17 '18 at 10:52

score 27 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 04 '17 at 06:06

27

You can use array_merge like this:

{{
Form::select(
    'myselect',
    array_merge(['' => 'Please Select'], $categories),
    $myselectedcategories,
    array(
        'class' => 'form-control',
        'id' => 'myselect'
    ))
}}

Alternatively you can set the placeholder somewhere before the select:

$categories[''] = 'Please Select';

Update

To add the disabled attribute you can try this: (untested)

{{
Form::select(
    'myselect',
    array_merge(['' => ['label' => 'Please Select', 'disabled' => true], $categories),
    $myselectedcategories,
    array(
        'class' => 'form-control',
        'id' => 'myselect'
    ))
}}

edited Mar 04 '17 at 06:06

CrazyCrow

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answered Jan 11 '15 at 21:48

lukasgeiter

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That works great. Thank you. Do you know how to add disabled to this option? – user3189734 Jan 11 '15 at 21:56
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`array_merge` will resort the keys, if this matters to you. eg. `array_merge(['' => 'Please select'], [1 => 'key is 1', 0 => 'key is 0'])` returns `['' => 'Please select', 0 => 'key is 1', 1 => 'key is 0']`. – Lemmings19 May 02 '17 at 18:35

score 13 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 03 '17 at 08:53

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Add 'placeholder' => 'Please Select' into the Form::select.

{!!
  Form::select(
    'myselect', 
    $categories, 
    null, 
    ['class' => 'form-control', 'placeholder' => 'Please Select'])
!!}

edited Apr 03 '17 at 08:53

mortalis

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answered Apr 03 '17 at 07:28

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ajlaracast · Answer 4 · 2017-01-25T14:05:54.163

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Or just put placeholder, for example:

[
    'class' => 'form-control',
    'id' => 'myselect',
    'placeholder' => 'None'
]

That will do the trick.

edited Jan 25 '17 at 14:05

answered Dec 05 '16 at 14:01

ajlaracast

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**Worth Noting**: It is **placeholder** in all small letters not **placeHolder** in camelCase. – Phillis Peters Apr 06 '17 at 10:15

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 10 '17 at 18:14

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$categories = Category::lists('name', 'id');
$categories->prepend('None', 0);

answered Jan 10 '17 at 18:14

Pranay Aryal

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 09 '19 at 01:33

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For, prepending Please Select with empty value

$categories = Category::lists('name', 'id');
$categories->prepend('Please Select', '');

This code will populate something like this ,

$categories[''] = 'Please Select';
$categories[0] = 'item 1',
$categories[1] = 'item 2';

Now you can use something like this:

{!! Form::select('myselect', $categories, '',['id'=>'myselect']) !!}

This is helpful for form validation also, like required.

answered Apr 09 '19 at 01:33

Md Rashedul Hoque Bhuiyan

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Thanks, I used "null" with prepend and it changed all my values in dropdown. Empty Value worked like charm. – Hashaam Ahmed Apr 30 '19 at 09:45

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 05 '19 at 09:48

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Now, Default India was select

{{ Form::select('terms_agreement_type', [null => 'Select Control'] + ['India' => 'India', 'Nepal' => 'Nepal'], 'India') }}

answered Jul 05 '19 at 09:48

Kaushik shrimali

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score 1 · Answer 8 · edited Nov 02 '19 at 02:22

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You can use pluck

Controller

$role = Model::all();

{{ Form::select('nameselect', $role->pluck('name', 'id')->prepend('default value...', ""))}}

edited Nov 02 '19 at 02:22

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answered Nov 01 '19 at 17:07

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Jan 28 '17 at 22:20

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i put my solution for this post. I hope can help to somebody

i use a php function to add an option to the array of the model

array_unshift($model, ['value' => '', 'name' => 'Select value']);

answered Jan 28 '17 at 22:20

Jerson Moreno

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Jan 25 '18 at 10:59

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i have used placeholder and it worked for me

{!! Form::select('supplier', $suppliers, null, ['class' => 'form-control', 'placeholder' => 'Please Select']) !!}

answered Jan 25 '18 at 10:59

Shuhad zaman

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Apr 05 '23 at 18:35

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Although this doesn't answer this question's description, searching the title brought me here. The third parameter of Form::select() is what dictates the default selected value.

{!! Form::select('event_id', $events, $defaultSelectedEventId) !!}

answered Apr 05 '23 at 18:35

Mitch

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score -1 · Answer 12 · edited Jan 17 '17 at 12:58

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Laravel 5.3

{{ Form::select('role', ['' => 'Select Role'] +$roles, null, ['class' => 'form-control']) }}

edited Jan 17 '17 at 12:58

JJJ

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answered Jan 17 '17 at 12:09

Gaetano

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Add default value to select list in Laravel form::select

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