Laravel从控制器中获取Select值（它只是为我返回0）

Question

I have run into a roadblock with getting the value of the Select.

Please have a look at my form:

{!! Form::open(array('action' => 'MasterController@datamaker')) !!}

{!! Form::select('Area', array('Science', 'Arts',)); !!}

{!! Form::input('date', 'Year') !!}

{!! Form::submit('Add') !!}

Here is my (simplified) method in the controller:

public function datamaker() {

    $input = Request::all();

    $Database = new Database;

    $Database -> Area = Request::get('Area');
    $Database -> Year = $input['Year'];

    $Database -> save();

    return (Request::get('Area'));  <----- This is returning "0" instead of the values declared in the form

}

I have checked other sources and the solutions they have provided have not worked. Whatever I have tried, it always just returns "0" instead of the values declared in the form.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

Answer 1

The reason why you are getting 0 instead of Science is that Form component, when generating a select, uses array keys as values of available options and array values as string that is displayed in the select. You don't provide array keys, so the keys are 0 for Science and 1 for Arts.

If you want to get Science/Arts as the value from Request::get('Area') you need to pass an array to Form::select() where values and keys are the same strings, e.g.

Form::select('Area', ['Science' => 'Science', 'Arts' => 'Arts']);