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Flexible and reusable PHP helper to generate HTML elements from arrays, collections, or models. Works in Laravel and plain PHP.

Features

• Accepts arrays, collections, objects, and models.
• Supports callables for customizing option text and value.
• Lazy normalization for memory-efficient iteration.
• Optional Laravel integration: Blade directives, collection macros, and config defaults.
• Framework-agnostic — works outside Laravel too.

Installation

Via Composer:

    composer require tenthfeet/select-options-helper

Usage/Examples

Signature:

    generate_options(
        iterable $data,
        array $selected = [],
        string $placeholder = '',
        bool $readonly = false,
        string|callable $textKey = 'text',
        string|callable|null $valueKey = null
    ): string

Parameters:

• $data – Array, collection, or objects/models.

• $selected – Array of values to mark selected.

• $placeholder – Optional placeholder text for <option value="">.

• $readonly – Whether to disable the placeholder option.

• $textKey – Property name or callable to generate option text.

• $valueKey – Property name or callable to override option value.

Plain PHP:

// Simple key/value array
echo generate_options(['1' => 'One', '2' => 'Two'], ['2'], 'Select an option');

// Array of id/text
$data = [
    ['id' => 1, 'text' => 'Option 1'],
    ['id' => 2, 'text' => 'Option 2']
];
echo generate_options($data, [1]);

// Object/Model array
$users = [
    (object) ['id' => 1, 'first_name' => 'John', 'last_name' => 'Doe'],
    (object) ['id' => 2, 'first_name' => 'Jane', 'last_name' => 'Smith']
];
echo generate_options($users, [], 'Choose user', false, fn($u) => "{$u->first_name} {$u->last_name}");

Laravel

<select>
    @options($users, [1,2], 'Choose user')
</select>