Laravel Edit Form - Select default selection

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I'm creating an edit form in Laravel and I would like to select the selected (database) value in Select Dropdown. I'm doing it now as below. Is the right method or anything better is possible? I'm using Laravel 5.4.

<select class="form-control" id="type" name="type">
   <option value="admin" @if($user->type==='admin') selected='selected' @endif>Admin</option>
   <option value="telco" @if($user->type==='telco') selected='selected' @endif>Telco</option>
   <option value="operator" @if($user->type==='operator') selected='selected' @endif>Operator</option>
   <option value="subscriber" @if($user->type==='subscriber') selected='selected' @endif>Subscriber</option>
</select>

Kristian Lilov · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-28 13:09:34Z

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I would say that this is a normal approach.

If you want to make it more "friendly" it would take some overhead, for example using a @foreach loop to loop an array that would create all the options for the select, something like this :

$arr = ['admin','telco','operator','subscriber'];

@foreach($arr as $item)
   <option value="{{ $item }}" @if($user->type=== $item) selected='selected' @endif> {{ strtoupper($item) }}</option>
@endforeach

answered Aug 28, 2017 at 13:09

Kristian Lilov

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Mohammad Over a year ago

This makes sense!

Sreejith BS · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-28 13:11:42Z

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You can also use ternary operator instead of if

<select class="form-control" id="type" name="type">
    <option value="admin" {{($user->type ==='admin') ? 'selected' : ''}}> Admin </option>
    <option value="telco" {{($user->type ==='telco') ? 'selected' : ''}}> Telco </option>
    <option value="operator" {{($user->type ==='operator') ? 'selected' : ''}}> Operator </option>
    <option value="subscriber" {{($user->type ==='subscriber') ? 'selected' : ''}}> Subscriber </option>
</select>

answered Aug 28, 2017 at 13:11

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