title: Laravel get value of Select from Controller (It is just returning 0 for me)
body: <p>I have run into a roadblock with getting the value of the Select.</p>
  
  <p>Please have a look at my form:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{!! Form::open(array('action' =&gt; 'MasterController@datamaker')) !!}
  
  {!! Form::select('Area', array('Science', 'Arts',)); !!}
  
  {!! Form::input('date', 'Year') !!}
  
  {!! Form::submit('Add') !!}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is my (simplified) method in the controller:</p>
  
  <pre><code>public function datamaker() {
  
      $input = Request::all();
  
      $Database = new Database;
  
      $Database -&gt; Area = Request::get('Area');
      $Database -&gt; Year = $input['Year'];
  
      $Database -&gt; save();
  
      return (Request::get('Area'));  &lt;----- This is returning "0" instead of the values declared in the form
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have checked other sources and the solutions they have provided have not worked. Whatever I have tried, it always just returns "0" instead of the values declared in the form.</p>
  
  <p>Can anyone point me in the right direction?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>