You asked already, you have to loop through your values:
If a value is currently stored in database, you show it selected.
I made an edit function for my application, and when I click on it I can get the old values for the text inputs, but not for the select and checkbox ones. I am not sure how I should do it. Could you give me some suggestions please?
@extends('layout')
@section('title')
<title>Buch bearbeiten</title>
@section('stylesheets')
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/js/select2.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/css/select2.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
@endsection
@section('content')
<style>
.uper {
margin-top: 40px;
}
</style>
<div class="card uper">
<div class="card-header">
Buch bearbeiten
</div>
<div class="card-body">
<form method="post" action="{{ route('books.update', $book->id) }}">
<div class="form-group">
@csrf
@method('PATCH')
<label for="title">Titel:</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="title" value="{{ $book->title }}" />
@error('title')
<div class="alert alert-danger">{{ $message }}</div>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="author_id">Author(en):</label>
<select name="author_id[]" multiple class="form-control select2-multi <!-- @error('author_id') is-invalid @enderror -->">
@foreach ($authors as $author)
<option value="{{ $author->id }}">{{ $author->name }}</option>
@endforeach
</select>
@error('authors')
<div class="alert alert-danger">{{ $message }}</div>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="year">Jahr:</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="year" value="{{ $book->year }}" />
@error('year')
<div class="alert alert-danger">{{ $message }}</div>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="publishers">Verlag(e):</label>
<select name="publishers[]" multiple class="form-control select2-multi <!-- @error('publishers') is-invalid @enderror -->">
@foreach ($publishers as $publisher)
<option value="{{ $publisher->id }}">{{ $publisher->name }}</option>
@endforeach
</select>
@error('publishers')
<div class="alert alert-danger">{{ $message }}</div>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="genres">Genre(s):</label>
@foreach($genres as $genre)
<input type="checkbox" name="genres[]" value="{{ $genre->id }}">{{ $genre->name }}
@endforeach
</select>
@error('genre_id')
<div class="alert alert-danger">{{ $message }}</div>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="language_id">Sprache:</label>
<select name="language_id" class="form-control @error('language_id') is-invalid @enderror">
<option value="{{ old('language_id')}}">-- {{ __('Spache auswählen') }} --</option>
@foreach ($languages as $language)
<option value="{{ $language->id }}">{{ $language->name }}</option>
@endforeach
</select>
@error('language_id')
<div class="alert alert-danger">{{ $message }}</div>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="isbn">ISBN:</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="isbn" value="{{ $book->isbn }}" />
@error('isbn')
<div class="alert alert-danger">{{ $message }}</div>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="pages">Seitenzahl:</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="pages" value="{{ $book->pages }}" />
@error('pages')
<div class="alert alert-danger">{{ $message }}</div>
@enderror
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Hinzufügen</button>
</form>
</div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(".select2-multi").select2();
</script>
@endsection
Oh ! Try this then. The old function accepts a second parameter which is the fallback value if the old value isn't set.
P.S. For the select example, I'm using the optional helper because I don't know if a book can have no associated language in your database.
For selects
<div class="form-group">
<label for="language_id">Sprache:</label>
<select name="language_id" class="form-control @error('language_id') is-invalid @enderror">
<option value="">-- {{ __('Spache auswählen') }} --</option>
@foreach ($languages as $language)
<option value="{{ $language->id }}"{{ old('language_id', optional($book->language)->id) == $language->id ? ' selected' : '' }}>{{ $language->name }}</option>
@endforeach
</select>
@error('language_id')
<div class="alert alert-danger">{{ $message }}</div>
@enderror
</div>
For checkbox arrays
@php
// Instead of doing this logic here, I suggest you create an attribute which does the following logic
$genreIds = $book->genres()->pluck('id')->all();
@endphp
<div class="form-group">
<label for="genres">Genre(s):</label>
@foreach($genres as $genre)
<input type="checkbox" name="genres[]" value="{{ $genre->id }}"{{ is_array(old('genres', $genreIds)) && in_array($genre->id, old('genres', $genreIds)) ? ' checked' : '' }}>{{ $genre->name }}
@endforeach
@error('genre_id')
<div class="alert alert-danger">{{ $message }}</div>
@enderror
</div>
Please or to participate in this conversation.