Level 56
Use value="{ { (old('firstname')) ? old('firstname') : '' } }" (obviously no spaces between { { and } }, but render problem on the forum)
Because or expects a variable and not a function.
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Sep 21, 2015
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Level 4
Input old edit form displays 1 using or with blade
Hey all,
Im trying to find a clean and easy way for displaying the old input when i edit a form. If there is no input old i want to show the stored field data form the database.
The way i want it to work is like this:
old('firstname') or $user->customer->firstname
However this is showing me the integer 1 as value.
I know i can use the old if else shortcode like this ? : however if prefer using the convenient short-cut of blade.
Thanks in advance for helping!
Level 4
@pmall Thanks for stopping by, what you suggested does not return my default value from the database.
I got it working like this:
strlen(old('firstname')) ? old('firstname') : $user->customer->firstname
However i think this is much more convenient. Show the old input if it exist, else show me the first name from the database.
old('firstname') or $user->customer->firstname
However this does return 1 as default, and it should display the first name instead.
Level 56
@kazehaya yes, and I told you the reason why it does not work is the blade's or directive expect a variable and you pass a function.
I completely forgot : I think you can use old('firstname', $user->customer->firstname). The second parameter is the default value.
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Level 4
@pmall old('firstname', $user->customer->firstname) worked like a charm :) Thanks a lot for helping me!!
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