In Laravel 9+, you'll be able to use the cool new "selected" Blade directive for HTML select elements.
This is going to be a nice addition that we can use to clean up our Blade views a little bit
// Before Laravel 9:<select name="country"> <option value="India" {{ old('country') ?? $country == 'India' ? 'selected' : '' }}>India</option> <option value="Pakistan" {{ old('country') ?? $country == 'Pakistan' ? 'selected' : '' }}>Pakistan</option></select> // Laravel 9<select name="country"> <option value="India" @selected(old('country') ?? $country == 'India')>India</option> <option value="Pakistan" @selected(old('country') ?? $country == 'Pakistan')>Pakistan</option></select>
Tip given by @VijayGoswami
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