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

You need to manipulate the array before the view

or to be messy you could do it in blade @php tags

    $users= [null => 'Empty'];

    $dbusers= User::pluck('id', 'name');

    $users= array_merge($users, $dbusers->toArray());

    return view('myview', compact('users'))

and then you can do the following in the view

{{ Form::select('user',$users, ['class' => 'form-control']) }}