Laravel: Display data in DropDown from database - php

Question

I was developing a project with Laravel and want to use dropdownlist and populate it with data from database please help. Here is the code that I use:
Controller:
public function create()
{
$items = Income::pluck('name', 'id');
return view ('IncomeExpense.create');
}
View:
<div class="form-group">
{{Form::label('', 'Category')}}
{{Form::select('IncomeExpense',null, $items,['class'=>'form-control',
'placeholder'=>'Choose category'])}}
</div>

Answer 1

First of all,
you have an error in your controller... Please read the eloquent official documentation It should be:
public function create()
{
$items = Income::all();
return view ('IncomeExpense.create', compact('items'));
}
Anyway you should not use a form builder, I think it's much more usefull if you use the native blade features like Components & Slots. Form Builder have been removed from Laravel 5.0 if I rember correctly in order to focus the framework attention to the backend...
Heare a couple of example with Bootstrap 4:
Vanilla
<form method="POST" action="{{ route('your-route') }}" aria-label="{{ __('My form') }}">
#csrf
<div class="form-group row">
<label for="dropdown" class="col-sm-4 col-form-label text-md-right">{{ __('My dropdown') }}</label>
<div class="col-md-12">
<select class="form-control{{ $errors->has('email') ? ' is-invalid' : '' }}" name="dropdown">
#foreach($my_collection as $item)
<option value="{{ $item->id }}">{{ $item->text }}</option>
#endforeach
</select>
#if ($errors->has('dropdown'))
<span class="invalid-feedback" role="alert">
<strong>{{ $errors->first('dropdown') }}</strong>
</span>
#endif
</div>
</div>
{{-- other fields --}}
Components
<!-- /resources/views/components/select.blade.php -->
{{ $label }}
<div class="col-md-{{ $column == null ? 12 : $column }}">
<select class="form-control{{ ' ' . $select_css }}{{ $error == null ? '' : ' is-invalid' }}" name="dropdown">
#foreach($my_collection as $item)
<option value="{{ $item->id }}">{{ $item->text }}</option>
#endforeach
</select>
#if ($error != null)
<span class="invalid-feedback" role="alert">
<strong>{{ $error</strong>
</span>
#endif
</div>
<!-- /resources/views/my/form.blade.php -->
<form method="POST" action="{{ route('your-route') }}" aria-label="{{ __('My form') }}">
#csrf
<div class="form-group row">
#component('components.select', ['select_css' => 'whatever', 'my_collection' => $my_collection])
#slot('label')
<label for="dropdown" class="col-sm-4 col-form-label text-md-right">{{ __('My dropdown') }}</label>
#endslot
</div>
{{-- other fields --}}

Answer 2

Mirasan - You need to pass the view your information retrieved from the database.
$items = Income::pluck('name', 'id');
return view ('IncomeExpense.create')->with(compact('items'));
Then inside your blade file you will access the array 'items' (rather than $items).
Regards -