Why do default value is prefered to model value ? about html

[adamgoose]

No, I feel that providing a default value should take precedence.

[adamgoose]

The Form::model() method is designed to allow you to pass nulls into your forms and still have them populate. The way I like to do it is like this:

{!! Form::model($model, [$routeInfo]) !!}

    {!! Form::text('name', isset($model) ? null : 'Default Value', ['class' => 'form-control']) !!}

{!! Form::close() !!}

[Gael42]

Thanks a lot for your answer !

I still do not undetstand why default value is prefered to model value ? it should be the opposite no ?

[Gael42]

May you develop ? no troll, i just really want to understand why

[adamgoose]

Here's how I see it...

If you use Form::model() and the provided model value takes precedence, then you have absolutely no way to override that value when using Form::text() or any other method. Thus, you lose control over your form to some extent. In my opinion, that's not acceptable.

Either way, changing the way this works will surely break backwards compatibility.

[Gael42]

Even if it feel strange that a 'default' value is prefered to any another one that make sense, and yes, change that will definitely break backwards compat.

Thanks again for your answer :-)

[nicolasbinet]

I had the same problem and finished modifying the getValueAttribute

• First if the default if $name is not provided
• Get the value that was submitted
• If not the value from special fields "_token" & "_method" & $model is set ,get the value
• Else, get the default value

public function getValueAttribute($name, $value = null)
{
    if (is_null($name)) return $value;

    if (! is_null($this->old($name))) {
        return $this->old($name);
    }

    if ($name != '_token' && $name != '_method' && isset($this->model)) {
        return $this->getModelValueAttribute($name);
    }

    if (!is_null($value)) return $value;
}