< select name=“options” multiple > How to store in DB with Laravel

Question

How would I store <option > 's in a multiple select like so <select name="options" multiple> with my database i'm guessing something like json, but I'm unsure.

To then save it from my controller has

$options = Input::get('options');

How would one do this ?

Help greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Generally you would have:

• a table containing your free form results
• a table containing all the options that can be selected from
• a junction table

The junction table would generally have two columns. Each would be a foreign key. One would match the id of the row in the first table. One would match the id of the second table. Together they would form a compound primary key.

See wikipedia: Junction table for more details.