umefarooq / laracountries

:earth_africa: Migration and seed files with all countries for Laravel PHP Framework

Laracountries

Migration and seed files with all countries for Laravel PHP Framework.

The country codes are in the format ISO 3166-1 alpha-2.

A Simple Example of Use (Laravel 5)

Model

<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Country extends Model
{
    protected $table = 'countries';
    public $timestamps = false;
}

Controller

/**
 * Show the form for creating a new resource.
 *
 * @return View
 */
public function create()
{
    $countries = Country::all();

    return view('myview', compact('countries'));
}

View

<select class="form-control" name="country">
    <option value="">Select a country</option>
    @foreach($countries as $country)
        <option value="{{ $country->id }}">{{ $country->name }}</option>
    @endforeach
</select>

License

Copyright (c) 2015 Fábio Santos. See the LICENSE file for license rights and limitations (MIT).