Get data from dropdown menu in Laravel

Question

I've created a contact form in laravel 7 and one of the fields is a simple select dropdown, it looks like this:

<select name="subject" id="subject" class="form-control">
   <option value="">Select ...</option>
   <option value="gen">General</option>
   <option value="sales">Sales</option>
</select>

When I send the form, I receive an email with the content the user filled out in the form. When an option is selected, in the email the value is displayed. I'd like to display the actual content of the select option. So not "gen" but "General" should be displayed.

Here is my controller code:

public function contactSubmit(Request $request) 
{
    $this->validate($request, [
        'name' => 'required',
        'email' => 'required|email',
        'subject' => 'required',
        'msg' => 'min:10'
    ]);

    $data = array(
        'name' => $request->name,
        'email' => $request->email,
        'subject' => $request->subject,
        'msg' => $request->msg
    );

    Mail::send('emails.contactemail', $data, function($msg) use($data) {
        $msg->from($data['email']);
        $msg->to('[email protected]');
        $msg->subject('Contact us');
    });
}

This is the blade content for the email that is sent out:

<strong>From:</strong> {{$name}}
<br>
<strong>Subject:</strong> {{$subject}}
<br>
<strong>Email:</strong> {{ $email }}
<br><br>
<strong>Message:</strong> <br><br>
{{ $msg }}

will there be a problem if you use "General" instead of "gen" in your option value? — Tariq Imtinan
– Tariq Imtinan, Commented Oct 18, 2020 at 11:26
And what's your question about this? Why not map these values in your controller? — Nico Haase
– Nico Haase, Commented Oct 18, 2020 at 11:34

STA · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-18 11:59:57Z

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You can leave out the value attribute, by doing so the value is taken from the text content of the option element.

<select name="subject" id="subject" class="form-control">
  <option value="">Select ...</option>
  <option>General</option>
  <option>Sales</option>
</select>

Have a look at the docs Option element

edited Oct 18, 2020 at 11:59

STA

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answered Oct 18, 2020 at 11:29

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Shougat Mahmud Zihan · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-18 11:55:38Z

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Give value in the option to get the right output

<select name="subject" id="subject" class="form-control">
  <option value="">Select ...</option>
  <option value="General">General</option>
  <option value="Sales">Sales</option>
</select>

answered Oct 18, 2020 at 11:55

Shougat Mahmud Zihan

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