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

in controller

$data['options']=Entity::pluck('name','id')->prepend('Please Select','');

return view('your_view_blade',$data);

in view blade

{!! Form::select('control_name',$options,null,['class'=>'your_class']) !!}