LaravelCollective - Form Model Binding and custom attribute

Question

With LaravelCollective, we can populate a form like this :

{{ Form::model($user, ['route' => ['user.update', $user->id]]) }}

If we declare an input like this (inside a view) :

{{ Form::text('name') }}

the field will be automatically filled by the attribute "$user->name".

However, if we want to add some custom parameters (like class) :

{{ Form::text('name', ['class' => 'form-control']) }}

we have the following error : htmlspecialchars() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given, OK so framework is waiting for the second parameter...

{{ Form::text('name', '',  ['class' => 'form-control']) }}

But in that case, we lose the "auto-populate" feature. Is there a solution to custom form fields, and keeping the auto populate functionality ?

Thanks !

Answer 1

Solution given by porloscerros :

{{ Form::text('name', NULL,  ['class' => 'form-control']) }}