Select box with first option empty

Question

Does anybody know how can I set in my select box the first option to empty value?

I\'m getting the data from my DB, and I would like to set the option by default as \"P

Answer 1

This worked for me on Laravel 5.4.

{{ Form::select('agency', $agency, null, [
    'placeholder' => 'Please select ...',
    'class' => 'form-control'
]) }}