Laravel Creating A Custom Form Macro Select Year and Month - php

Question

I need help building my laravel custom macro. In my start/global.php I required a macros.php
...
require app_path().'/macros.php';
and on my macros.php I have this code that I read in this site.
Form::macro('selectMonths', function()
{
$selectMonth = preg_replace('/></', '><option value="">Month</option><', Form::selectMonth('month'));
return $selectMonth;
});
and the result is this.
<select class="form-control" name="month">
<option value="">Month</option>
<option value="1">January</option>
<option value="">Month</option>
<option value="2">February</option>
<option value="">Month</option>
<option value="3">March</option>
<option value="">Month</option>
<option value="4">April</option>
<option value="">Month</option>
<option value="5">May</option>
<option value="">Month</option>
<option value="6">June</option>
<option value="">Month</option>
<option value="7">July</option>
<option value="">Month</option>
<option value="8">August</option>
<option value="">Month</option>
<option value="9">September</option>
<option value="">Month</option>
<option value="10">October</option>
<option value="">Month</option>
<option value="11">November</option>
<option value="">Month</option>
<option value="12">December</option>
<option value="">Month</option>
</select>
how can I add this Month before January and not after every month?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Try using this pattern:
/name="month">/
Code:
$selectMonth = preg_replace('/name="month">/', 'name="month"><option value="">Month</option>', Form::selectMonth('month'));
This should insert it only at the very top of your list.

Answer 2

Try this code:
Form::macro('selectMonths', function($name, $selected = null, $options = array())
{
$selectMonth = preg_replace('/></', '><option value="">Month</option><', Form::selectMonth($name, $selected, $options), 1);
return $selectMonth;
});
Form::macro('selectYears', function($name, $begin, $end, $selected = null, $options = array())
{
$selectYear = preg_replace('/></', '><option value="">Year</option><', Form::selectYear($name, $begin, $end, $selected, $options), 1);
return $selectYear;
});

Answer 3

Are you just trying to get a list of years? If so, you don't need a custom Macro. Laravel has you covered:
{{ Form::selectYear('year', 2013, 2015) }}
And for the month:
{{ Form::selectMonth('month') }}