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

Adding to Laerte anwser

You can do it at the Blade level just by issuing a command:

{!! Form::select('entity', $entityArray) !!}

Answer 2

100% result:

In controller:

$users = App\User::get()->lists('full_name', 'id')->prepend('Select user','');
return view('name of view')->with('users', $users);

In view:

{!! Form::select('who', $users, null, ['class' => 'form-control inline']) !!}

I´m using "laravelcollective/html":"^5.3.0" package

Answer 3

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']) }}