Unable to dynamically load dropdown list using Blade

Question

I'm new to Laravel and Blade and have been trying to create a view using Illuminate/Html.

I have a table called service_locations(location_id, location_area).

Using the above table I'm trying to populate the below dropdown list:

<div class="form-group">
{!! Form::label('location', 'Location:') !!}
{!! Form::select('location', array(

    @foreach($locations as $local)
       '{{ $local->location_id }}' => '{{ $local->location_area }}', 
    @endforeach

), null, ['class' => 'form-control']) !!}
</div>

But as I attempt to do so, I am getting the following error in the second-last line (), null, ['class' => 'form-control']) !!}):

syntax error, unexpected '<', expecting ')'

I am not able to figure out the issue with the above code.

Edit 1 Here's what my controller looks like:

<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\service_location;
use App\service_type;
use App\Http\Requests;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class PagesController extends Controller {

    public function index()
    {
        $locations = service_location::all();
        $services = service_type::all();

        return view('home.index', compact('locations','services'));
    }
}

Answer 1

you cant use blade that way,

but you can achieve the same result with

{!! Form::select('location', $locations->lists('id','location_area'), null, ['class' => 'form-control']); !!}