display of multiple selected values / binding eloquent model values to multi-choice values

[profitGeeks]

Hi Kris,

I have found that when adding a multi-checkbox 'choice' to a Form class it fails to bind when there are multiple values. Only plain string data parses out correctly.

for example, I have in a Kris\LaravelFormBuilder\Form extension class:

$this->add('history', 'choice', [
	'choices' => [
		'heroin' => 'Heroin',
		'alcohol' => 'Alcohol',
		'cocaine' => 'Cocaine / Crack',
	],
	'expanded' => true,
	'multiple' => true
])

This results in a string ["heroin","alcohol", "cocaine"] (a simple json string) saved to the database when all boxes are checked.

However, any multiple selected fields do not properly bind/display when the data from the Eloquent Model is read back into the form using the 'mode' option.

To get around this problem, I had to resort to pulling any multi-select items out into the form controller as an addendum using "addAfter" so I could hard code the 'selected' option processing the string with json_decode.

$form->addAfter('drug_types', 'history', 'choice', [
	'choices' => [
		'heroin' => 'Heroin',
		'alcohol' => 'Alcohol',
		'cocaine' => 'Cocaine / Crack',
	],
	'selected' => json_decode($model->history),
	'expanded' => true,
	'multiple' => true
]);

Should the parsing of multi-selected value work "automatically" as well in the binding process? Is there something I missed in saving the data?

Thanks!

[rudiedirkx]

I don't use type 'choice'. @kristijanhusak ?