Multiple values in laravel post form (dropdown) - php

Question

Good day fellow programmers,
I have been frustrated all day because I have to make a submit form for an hour register app I have to create for the company I'm an intern at.
So basically what has to be done: I have made a submit form with multiple values, I got asked to make a dropdown selection in which I can put the values of "company name" and "task name". (tasks are connected to the company name). So basically what i'm wondering is how I can put 2 values in one dropdown menu. Having the layout of "$company name - $task name"
create.blade.php
{!! Form::open(['url' => 'hoursregistrations/create','files'=>true]) !!}
<div class="form-group" hidden>
{!! Form::label('user_id', 'User ID: ') !!}
{!! Form::text('user_id', $authenticated, null, ['class' => 'form-control']) !!}
</div>
<select name="">
#foreach($items as $item)
<option value="{{ $item->id }}">
{{ $item->company->name }} - {{ $item->name }}
</option>
#endforeach
</select>
<div class="form-group">
{!! Form::label('note', 'Notitie: ') !!}
{!! Form::text('note', null, ['class' => 'form-control']) !!}
</div>
<div class="form-group">
{!! Form::label('date', 'Datum: ') !!}
{!! Form::date('date', null, ['class' => 'form-control']) !!}
</div>
<div class="form-group">
{!! Form::label('hours', 'Uren: (uren-minuten) ') !!}
{!! Form::time('hours', null, ['class' => 'form-control']) !!}
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-sm-offset-2 col-sm-4">
<a class="btn btn-danger" href="{{ route('hoursregistrations.index') }}">
#lang('button.cancel')
</a>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-success">
#lang('button.save')
</button>
</div>
</div>
{!! Form::close() !!}
In this code snippet the company variable is $project_id and the task id is $subproject_id.
Also the controller function to redirect the data to the create view
/**
* Show the form for creating a new resource.
*
* #return Response
*/
public function create()
{
$authenticated = Sentinel::getUser()->id;
$activity_name = Subproject::pluck('id');
$items = array(
'company_name' => Company::where('status','client')->pluck('company_name', 'id'),
'subproject_id' => Subproject::pluck('title', 'id')
);
//dd($items);
return view('hoursregistrations.create', compact('subproject_id', 'authenticated',
'company_name', 'activity_name', 'items'));
}
Conclusion: How can I combine the $project_id and $subproject_id into ONE dropdown item.
p.s I'm sorry if it sounds vague I am bad at explaining things

Answer 1

Do you have to use The Form Facade? Although this may not be helpfull to you, you can write it as plain HTML with Blade's Syntax:
<select name="">
#foreach($tasks as $task)
<option value="{{ $task->id }}">
{{ $task->company->name }} - {{ $task->name }}
</option>
#endforeach
</select>