Laravel 8 Livewire Select2 Dropdown Tutorial Example

Laravel 8 livewire select2 example. In this tutorial, you will learn how to implement the livewire select2 dropdown in laravel 8 app.

This tutorial will help you step by step on how to implement the livewire select2 dropdown in laravel 8 app.

Laravel 8 Livewire Select2 Dropdown Example

Step 1: Install Laravel 8 App
Step 2: Add Database Detail
Step 3: Install Livewire Package
Step 4: Create Select2 Component using Artisan
Step 5: Add Route For Livewire Select2
Step 6: Create View File
Step 7: Run Development Server

Step 1: Install Laravel 8 App

First of all, Open your terminal OR command prompt and run following command to install laravel fresh app for laravel livewire file upload app:

 composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog

Step 2: Add Database Detail

In this step, Add database credentials in the .env file. So open your project root directory and find .env file. Then add database detail in .env file:

DB_CONNECTION=mysql  
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1  
DB_PORT=3306  
DB_DATABASE=here your database name here 
DB_USERNAME=here database username here 
DB_PASSWORD=here database password here

Now, open your command prompt and run the following command to create the table into your database:

php artisan migrate

Step 3: Install Livewire Package

In this step, you need to install livewire package to your laravel project using the following command:

composer require livewire/livewire

Step 4: Create Select2 Component using Artisan

In this step, create the livewire components for creating a livewire select2 dropdown component using the following command. So Open your cmd and run the following command:

php artisan make:livewire select2

This command will create the following components on the following path:

app/Http/Livewire/Select2.php

resources/views/livewire/select2.blade.php

Now, Navigate to app/Http/Livewire folder and open Select2.php file. Then add the following code into your Select2.php file:

<?php
 
namespace App\Http\Livewire;
 
use Livewire\Component;
 
class Select2 extends Component
 
{
 
    public $selCity = '';
 
    public $cities = [
 
        'Rajkot',
 
        'Surat',
 
        'Baroda',
 
    ]; 
 
    /**
 
     * Write code on Method
 
     *
 
     * @return response()
 
     */
 
    public function render()
 
    {
 
        return view('livewire.select2')->extends('layouts.app');
 
    }
 
}

After that, Navigate to resources/views/livewire folder and open select2.blade.php file. Then add the following code into your select2.blade.php file:

<div>
 
    <h1>Laravel 8 Livewire Select2 Example - Tutsmake.com</h1>
 
    <strong>Select2 Dropdown: {{ $selCity }}</strong>
 
    <div wire:ignore>
 
        <select class="form-control" id="select2" >
 
            <option value="">-- Select City --</option>
 
            @foreach($cities as $city)
 
                <option value="{{ $city }}">{{ $city }}</option>
 
            @endforeach
 
        </select>
 
    </div>
 
</div>
 
@push('scripts')
 
<script>
 
    $(document).ready(function() {
 
        $('#select2').select2();
 
        $('#select2').on('change', function (e) {
 
            var data = $('#select2').select2("val");
 
            @this.set('selCity', data);
 
        });
 
    });
 
</script>
 
@endpush

Step 5: Add Route For Livewire Select2

In this step, Navigate to routes folder and open web.php. Then add the following routes into your web.php file:

<?php
   
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
  
use App\Http\Livewire\Select2;
   
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Web Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here is where you can register web routes for your application. These
| routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider within a group which
| contains the "web" middleware group. Now create something great!
|
*/
   
Route::get('select2', Select2::class);

Step 6: Create View File

In this step, navigate to resources/views/livewire folder and create one blade view files that name app.blade.php file. Then add the following code into your app.blade.php file:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Laravel Livewire Example - Tutsmake.com</title>
    @livewireStyles
    <script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <link href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" id="bootstrap-css">
    <script src="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
    <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/select2@4.1.0-rc.0/dist/css/select2.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/select2@4.1.0-rc.0/dist/js/select2.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
     
<div class="container">
    @yield('content')
</div>
     
</body>
   
@livewireScripts
@stack('scripts')
</html>

Note that, if you want to add HTML(blade views), CSS, and script code into your livewire files. So, you can use @livewireStyles, @livewireScripts, and @livewire(‘ blade views’).

Step 7: Run Development Server

Finally, you need to run the following PHP artisan serve command to start your laravel livewire upload file app:

php artisan serve

If you want to run the project diffrent port so use this below command 

php artisan serve --port=8080

Now, you are ready to run laravel 8 livewire select2 app. So open your browser and hit the following URL into your browser:

localhost:8000/select2

22 February, 2021

Laravel 8 Livewire Select2 Dropdown Tutorial Example