Level 2
old('value', 'default')
What happens if the default value is empty? E.g.:
if(Auth::user()->company_name) {
$company_name = Auth::user()->company_name;
}else{
$company_name = null;
}
old('company_name', $company_name)
Mar 13, 2020
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Level 2
Blade, set input value to old(), $user or empty
Hi,
Is there a better way to handle this?
# Set $company name to old(), if form has been submitted
# Set $company name to $user->company_name (if exists), if form has not been submitted
if(old('company_name') !== null) {
$company_name = old('company_name');
}elseif(Auth::user()->company_name) {
$company_name = Auth::user()->company_name;
}else{
$company_name = '';
}
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="company_name" value="{{ $company_name }}">
Trying to input the value of old() if the form has been submitted. If no form has been submitted, then use settings from user account (if logged in), else empty.
Level 18
old() has a default value.
so
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="company_name" value="{{ old('company_name', Auth::user()->company_name) }}">
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Level 18
If default is null and you don't have an old vaue , the input will be empty.
Level 2
Thanks, exactly what I was looking for :)
Level 2
@stereoh What will happen if user is not logged in and no old value is set?
Will the above suggestion from you still work? Or I need to do something like this:
if(isset(Auth::user()->company_name) && Auth::user()->company_name !== null) {
$company_name = Auth::user()->company_name;
}else{
$company_name = null;
}
old('company_name', $company_name)
Level 122
try null coalesce
{{ old('company_name', Auth::user()->company_name ?? '') }}
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Level 18
I was under the assumption that your form was behind an auth middleware.
If it isn't the case you should test if you have an auth user.
$company_name = Auth::check() ? Auth::user()->company_name : '';
Level 2
That is brilliant - I still got a lot to learn it seems :p Thanks again and have a great weekend!
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