Keep the option selected in search form - Laravel - html

Question

I have a search form that searches for responsible, date and device name. When someone searches for a resposible with a date, I want that search data to be maintained in the result
The entire search form
{{ Form::open(['route' => 'reviews.index', 'method' => 'GET', 'class' => 'form-inline pull-right']) }}
#csrf
{{ Form::text('device_name', null, ['class' => 'form-control', 'placeholder' => 'Nombre Equipo'])}}
<select name="name">
<option></option>
<option>OK</option>
<option>NOK</option>
</select>
{{ Form::date('created_at', null, ['class' => 'form-control', 'placeholder' => 'Creacion'])}}
<select name="responsable">
<option ></option>
#foreach($users as $user)
<option>{!! $user->name !!}</option>
#endforeach
</select>
<button style="border: none;padding: 4px 20px;background-color: #d61628;color: white">Buscar</button>
<button style="border: none;padding: 4px 20px;background-color: #d61628;color: white">Reset</button>
{{ Form::close() }}
And the index method in Controller
public function index(Request $request)
{
$responsable = $request->get('responsable');
$created_at = $request->get('created_at');
$device_name = $request->get('device_name');
$name = $request->get('name');
$devices = Device::all();
$reviews = Review::orderBy('id', 'DESC')
->responsable($responsable)
->created_at($created_at)
->device_name($device_name)
->name($name)
->paginate(30);
$users = User::all();
return view('reviews.index', compact('devices', 'reviews', 'users'));
}
Thanks

Answer 1

You may use old() function for re-populate the form with the last submitted data.
See https://laravel.com/docs/5.6/requests#old-input
So, in your blade code it would be something like this:
{{ Form::text('device_name', old('device_name'), ['class' => 'form-control', 'placeholder' => 'Nombre Equipo'])}}
//...
{{ Form::date('created_at', old('created_at'), ['class' => 'form-control', 'placeholder' => 'Creacion'])}}
For select, it's different, basically you compare each rendered option in the loop and if it's the one submitted you mark it as selected with html.
<select name="responsable">
<option></option>
#foreach($users as $user)
<option value="{{ $user->name }}" {{ old('responsable') == $user->name ? 'selected' : '' }}>{!! $user->name !!}</option>
#endforeach
</select>
Also, consider that old() also accepts a second parameter for default value in case you don't want it to be just null.