使用php预选选择选项

Question

I've a form to be completed to create a post. Now after creating that post, if I want to edit it, I'm showing a select option in the edit page something like below. (I am using Laravel)

<select name="posts">
@foreach($posts as $post)

  <option value="{{$post->id}}"> {{$post->name }} </option>

@endforeach
</select>

Now I need to preselect the populated select field with the current post name. I have a post id in the URL which I can get know in which post I am in. How can I select the right option without making a duplicate of the same in the options field. ?

Answer 1

Use an if-else structure inside the loop.

if ( post is equal to the current post ) {
     <option selected="selected" value="{{$post->id}}"> {{$post->name }} </option>
} else {
    <option value="{{$post->id}}"> {{$post->name }} </option>
}

The condition depends on you, whether you want to use the post id or the post name to check. (Whatever you have available).