Laravel fill option values - php

Question

I'm currently working on a project with a search function. I'm getting some data from my database. I bind this data through my controller. And fill my dropdownlist with it, including a default select item. Is it possible to set the values from the select to the data I retrieve from my database?
// Browser
<select id="game_kind" name="game_kind">
<option value="" selected="selected">Make your choice..</option>
<option value="1">puzzle</option>
<option value="4">dice game</option>
<option value="5">card game</option>
<option value="6">board game</option>
</select>
// Controller
public function Filter()
{
$game_kinds = GameKind::where('game_kind_name_en','!=','')->lists('game_kind_name_en');
return View::make('web.spelzoeken', compact('game_kinds');
}
// View
{{ Form::open(['route' => 'web.search.post']), PHP_EOL }}
{{ Form::label('game_kind',Lang::get('web-zoeken.search-game'))}}
{{ Form::select('game_kind', ['' => Lang::get('web-zoeken.search-option')] + $game_kinds)}}
{{ Form::submit(Lang::get('web-zoeken.search-button'), ['class' => 'button tiny']), PHP_EOL }}
{{ Form::close(), PHP_EOL }}
// Result I really want
<select id="game_kind" name="game_kind">
<option value="" selected="selected">Make your choice..</option>
<option value="puzzle">puzzle</option>
<option value="dice game">dice game</option>
<option value="card game">card game</option>
<option value="board game">board game</option>
</select>
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Change this:
$game_kinds = GameKind::where('game_kind_name_en','!=','')
->lists('game_kind_name_en');
into this:
// SELECT 'field' AS 'alias' ...
$game_kinds = GameKind::select('game_kind_name_en', 'game_kind_name_en as game_kind_name_en_key')
->where('game_kind_name_en','!=','')
->lists('game_kind_name_en', 'game_kind_name_en_key');
From the docs:
Specifying A Select Clause
$users = DB::table('users')->select('name as user_name')->get();
or ...->lists(...) in your case
And
Retrieving A List Of Column Values
$roles = DB::table('roles')->lists('title');
This method will return
an array of role titles. You may also specify a custom key column for
the returned array:
$roles = DB::table('roles')->lists('title', 'name');
BTW
- Don't use spaces in HTML-attribute names.
Instead of doing:
value="dice game"
Do like:
value="dice_game".