Laravel forms with models - php

Question

I have this code for my form and it works well:
<div class="form-group">
<select class="form-control" id="exampleSelect1">
<option>Assign</option>
#foreach ($projects as $project)
<option>{{ $project->name }} </option>
#endforeach
</select>
</div>
but what I'm trying to do is this with a contact form:
<div class="form-group">
{!! Form::label('name', 'Project') !!}
{!! Form::select (#theforeach with the values :c ) !!}}
</div>
I'm using the use App\Http\Requests\ContactFormRequest; and I have been searching the way of doing it but there is to few examples on google.

Answer 1

Form is part of the Laravel Collective HTML library, you can find the documentation here, specifically you're looking for the Select documentation:
echo Form::select('size', ['L' => 'Large', 'S' => 'Small']);
You have a Collection of Project models, each with a name and (presumably) an id which you need to turn into a key -> value array for the select method which you can do using pluck:
{!! Form::select('project', $projects->pluck('name', 'id')) !!}
Then within your controller you'll be able to find the project that has been selected using find, e.g:
Project::find($request->project);

Answer 2

If you want your select options to works, you need to call it properly,
From controller,
// Example : This is for single view page
$list_of_options = Products::pluck('name','id');
return view('your_view_name',compact('list_of_options'));
// Example : If you want select dropdown in all page ( within the controller views) then,
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\View;
public function __construct(){
View::share('list_of_options',Products::pluck('name','id'));
}
Now in blade,
{{ dd($list_of_options); }} // Check if the values are comming in proper formate
{!! Form::select('name_of_the_select', $list_of_options, null ,[
'class' => 'form-control',
'id' => 'name_of_the_select'
]);
!!}
Here is the button with <i> or <span> inside of it :-
{{ Form::button(
'<span class="fa fa-play fa-1x"></span>',
[
'class'=>'btn btn-info',
'type'=>'button'
])
}}
From your question ( UPDATED )
<div class="form-group">
{!! Form::label('exampleSelect1', 'Project') !!}
{!! Form::select('projects', $projects, null ,[
'class' => 'form-control',
'id' => 'exampleSelect1',
'placeholder' => 'Please select project'
]);
!!}
</div>
I hope this helps. :)

Answer 3

Try this
<div class="form-group">
{!! Form::label('project', 'Project') !!}
{!! Form::select ('project', $projects->pluck('name')) !!}}
</div>
See docs https://laravel.com/docs/4.2/html#drop-down-lists
<div class="form-group">
{!! Form::label('project', 'Project') !!}
{!! Form::select ('project', $projects->pluck('name', 'id')) !!}}
</div>