show select option as default

Question

I laravel I want to create a select box which wants has 'select option,Approved,Rejected' But I always shows Approved as default option in form

echo Form::select('request_status',[''=>'Select option','4'=>'Approved','7'=>'Rejected'],null,['class'=>'request_status report_filter default']);

How to make select option as default in laravel 5.3

Answer 1

The third argument in the Form::select is the selected item :

Form::select('request_status',[''=>'Select option','4'=>'Approved','7'=>'Rejected'],null,['class'=>'request_status report_filter default']);

Should be 4 for Approved:

Form::select('request_status',[''=>'Select option','4'=>'Approved','7'=>'Rejected'],4,['class'=>'request_status report_filter default']);

Or if you want to do it manualy