Adding null on blade's option value in Laravel

Question

How do I add a null inside this if else statement because it's throwing Attempt to read property "civil_status_id" on null. What is the proper ternary operator to use so that it will not throw this kind of error if the database table has no value yet. I'll provide the code below

Blade.php file

   <div class="col-sm-12 col-lg-4">
    <div class="form-group row">
     <label for="step1_civilStatus" class="col-sm-3 text-right control-label col-form-label">Civil Status</label>
      <div class="col-sm-9">
      <select class="form-control" type="date" id='civilStatus'   >
      <option>Select Civil Status</option>
      @foreach($statuses as $status)
      @if($status->id > 0)
      @if($user->civil_status_id == $status->id )
       <option value={{$status->id}}  selected>{{$status->complete_name}}</option>                  
      @else
       <option value={{$status->id}}>{{$status->complete_name}}</option>
      @endif
     @endif
    @endforeach
   </select>
  </div>
 </div>
 </div>

The **$user** is set already. The problem is, the **$civil_status_id** is still null because the user should pick his/her status after logging in. — CaptainCRAZY, Dec 06 '22 at 07:03
It is not. "_Attempt to read property "civil_status_id" on null_" is saying that you are trying to access a property on _null_ — brombeer, Dec 06 '22 at 07:04
What is the proper way to write a ternary operator inside that so that it will still work even though the table has no value yet? — CaptainCRAZY, Dec 06 '22 at 07:04

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 06 '22 at 09:25

I suppose this is the part that is troubling you:

@if($user->civil_status_id == $status->id )
   <option value={{$status->id}}  selected>{{$status->complete_name}}</option>                  
  @else
   <option value={{$status->id}}>{{$status->complete_name}}</option>
  @endif

You can write it as:

<option value={{$status->id}}  {{$user?->civil_status_id === $status->id ? 'selected' : ''}}>
    {{$status->complete_name}}
</option>

Attempt to read property "civil_status_id" on null is telling you, that $user is null (most likely you have some mistake here...). In this case, $user?->civil_status_id (info) returns null.

Adding null on blade's option value in Laravel

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