Selected option with form::select

Question

I want to make a dropdown list of an array with the method Form::select . The dropdown is dynamically generated so the selected item can change.

I made this code :

echo Form::select('nomselect', 
                  $noms_sols, 
                  $_GET['id_region'], 
                  array('onchange'=>"", 
                  'id' => 'select_sols',
                  'selected' => $systeme['nom_sol']));

The dropdown is working but I don't have the selected item that I want. On the last line of the code, I tried something, but it doesn't work.

Is there a way to do it ? Or am I forced to use a foreach method ? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Third parameter of Form::select method is a selected item. In your case value from $_GET['id_region'] should be also in $noms_sols array.

For example this should add selected attribute on option with value 2.

$noms_sols = array("1", "2", "3");
$id_region = $_GET['id_region']; // $id_region == "2"


echo Form::select('nomselect', 
              $noms_sols, 
              $id_region);