Laravel Dynamic Dependent Dropdown Example

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This example is focused on laravel dependent dropdown example. you can understand a concept of laravel dynamic dependent dropdown example. it's simple example of laravel dependent dropdown tutorial with example. you will learn laravel country state city dropdown.

You can use this example with laravel 6, laravel 7, laravel 8, laravel 9, laravel 10 and laravel 11 version.

In this example, we will create a country, state, and city dynamic dependent dropdown in laravel app. we will create a simple form with three dropdowns. When you select country then the state will populate in the next dropdown and when you select the state then the city will populate based on state. it's step by step and a simple example. so let's follow the below step to do this example.

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Step 1: Install Laravel

This step is not required; however, if you have not created the laravel app, then you may go ahead and execute the below command:

composer create-project laravel/laravel example-app

Step 2: Create Migration for Table

In this step, we will create migration for countries, states and cities table. So let's run below command to create tables.

php artisan make:migration create_countries_states_cities_tables

Next, simple update below code to migration file.

database/migrations/create_countries_states_cities_tables.php

<?php
  
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
  
return new class extends Migration
{
    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('countries', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->id();
            $table->string('name');
            $table->timestamps();
        });
  
        Schema::create('states', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->id();
            $table->string('name');
            $table->integer('country_id');
            $table->timestamps();
        });
  
        Schema::create('cities', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->id();
            $table->string('name');
            $table->integer('state_id'); 
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }
  
    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::dropIfExists('countries');
        Schema::dropIfExists('states');
        Schema::dropIfExists('cities');
    }
};

Then run created new migration with below command:

php artisan migrate

Step 3: Create Models

In this step, we will create three models for tables Country.php, State.php and City.php model file.

so, let's run below command to create file and update following code:

php artisan make:model Country
php artisan make:model State
php artisan make:model City

You have to update your model file as below:

app/Models/Country.php

<?php
  
namespace App\Models;
  
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
  
class Country extends Model
{
    use HasFactory;
  
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    protected $fillable = [
        'name'
    ];
}

app/Models/State.php

<?php
  
namespace App\Models;
  
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
  
class State extends Model
{
    use HasFactory;
  
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    protected $fillable = [
        'name', 'country_id'
    ];
}

app/Models/City.php

<?php
  
namespace App\Models;
  
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
   
class City extends Model
{
    use HasFactory;
  
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    protected $fillable = [
        'name', 'state_id'
    ];
}

Step 4: Create Route

In this step, we will add three routes with GET and POST method in routes/web.php file. so let's add it.

routes/web.php

<?php
  
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
  
use App\Http\Controllers\DropdownController;
   
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| 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('dropdown', [DropdownController::class, 'index']);
Route::post('api/fetch-states', [DropdownController::class, 'fetchState']);
Route::post('api/fetch-cities', [DropdownController::class, 'fetchCity']);

Step 5: Create Controller

In this step, we have to create new controller as DropdownController with index(), fetchState() and fetchCity() methods. so let's update follow code:

app/Http/Controllers/DropdownController.php

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Models\Country;
use App\Models\State;
use App\Models\City;
  
class DropdownController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    public function index()
    {
        $data['countries'] = Country::get(["name", "id"]);
        return view('dropdown', $data);
    }
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    public function fetchState(Request $request)
    {
        $data['states'] = State::where("country_id", $request->country_id)
                                ->get(["name", "id"]);
  
        return response()->json($data);
    }
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    public function fetchCity(Request $request)
    {
        $data['cities'] = City::where("state_id", $request->state_id)
                                    ->get(["name", "id"]);
                                      
        return response()->json($data);
    }
}

Step 6: Create View File

In Last step, let's create dropdown.blade.php for display form and put following code:

resources/views/dropdown.blade.php

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="{{ str_replace('_', '-', app()->getLocale()) }}">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="csrf-token" content="content">
    <meta name="csrf-token" content="{{ csrf_token() }}">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <title>Laravel AJAX Dependent Country State City Dropdown Example - ItSolutionStuff.com</title>
    <!-- CSS only -->
    <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.0-beta1/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
    <div class="container mt-4" >
        <div class="row justify-content-center">
            <div class="col-md-8">
                <div class="alert alert-primary mb-4 text-center">
                   <h4 >Laravel AJAX Dependent Country State City Dropdown Example  ItSolutionStuff.com</h4>
                </div> 
                <form>
                    <div class="form-group mb-3">
                        <select  id="country-dropdown" class="form-control">
                            <option value="">-- Select Country --</option>
                            @foreach ($countries as $data)
                            <option value="{{$data->id}}">
                                {{$data->name}}
                            </option>
                            @endforeach
                        </select>
                    </div>
                    <div class="form-group mb-3">
                        <select id="state-dropdown" class="form-control">
                        </select>
                    </div>
                    <div class="form-group">
                        <select id="city-dropdown" class="form-control">
                        </select>
                    </div>
                </form>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
  
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function () {
  
            /*------------------------------------------
            --------------------------------------------
            Country Dropdown Change Event
            --------------------------------------------
            --------------------------------------------*/
            $('#country-dropdown').on('change', function () {
                var idCountry = this.value;
                $("#state-dropdown").html('');
                $.ajax({
                    url: "{{url('api/fetch-states')}}",
                    type: "POST",
                    data: {
                        country_id: idCountry,
                        _token: '{{csrf_token()}}'
                    },
                    dataType: 'json',
                    success: function (result) {
                        $('#state-dropdown').html('<option value="">-- Select State --</option>');
                        $.each(result.states, function (key, value) {
                            $("#state-dropdown").append('<option value="' + value
                                .id + '">' + value.name + '</option>');
                        });
                        $('#city-dropdown').html('<option value="">-- Select City --</option>');
                    }
                });
            });
  
            /*------------------------------------------
            --------------------------------------------
            State Dropdown Change Event
            --------------------------------------------
            --------------------------------------------*/
            $('#state-dropdown').on('change', function () {
                var idState = this.value;
                $("#city-dropdown").html('');
                $.ajax({
                    url: "{{url('api/fetch-cities')}}",
                    type: "POST",
                    data: {
                        state_id: idState,
                        _token: '{{csrf_token()}}'
                    },
                    dataType: 'json',
                    success: function (res) {
                        $('#city-dropdown').html('<option value="">-- Select City --</option>');
                        $.each(res.cities, function (key, value) {
                            $("#city-dropdown").append('<option value="' + value
                                .id + '">' + value.name + '</option>');
                        });
                    }
                });
            });
  
        });
    </script>
</body>
</html>

Step 7: Create Seeder

In this step, we will create "CountrySateCitySeeder" file to create dummy records. so let's create seeder and run it.

Create Seeder file using below command:

php artisan make:seeder CountrySateCitySeeder

let's update following code on seeder file:

database/seeders/CountrySateCitySeeder.php

<?php
  
namespace Database\Seeders;
  
use Illuminate\Database\Console\Seeds\WithoutModelEvents;
use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
use App\Models\Country;
use App\Models\State;
use App\Models\City;
  
class CountrySateCitySeeder extends Seeder
{
    /**
     * Run the database seeds.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function run()
    {
        /*------------------------------------------
        --------------------------------------------
        US Country Data
        --------------------------------------------
        --------------------------------------------*/
        $country = Country::create(['name' => 'United State']);
  
        $state = State::create(['country_id' => $country->id, 'name' => 'Florida']);
  
        City::create(['state_id' => $state->id, 'name' => 'Miami']);
        City::create(['state_id' => $state->id, 'name' => 'Tampa']);
  
        /*------------------------------------------
        --------------------------------------------
        India Country Data
        --------------------------------------------
        --------------------------------------------*/
        $country = Country::create(['name' => 'India']);
  
        $state = State::create(['country_id' => $country->id, 'name' => 'Gujarat']);
  
        City::create(['state_id' => $state->id, 'name' => 'Rajkot']);
        City::create(['state_id' => $state->id, 'name' => 'Surat']);
  
    }
}

Next, run seeder with below command:

php artisan db:seed --class=CountrySateCitySeeder

Run Laravel App:

All the required steps have been done, now you have to type the given below command and hit enter to run the Laravel app:

php artisan serve

Now, Go to your web browser, type the given URL and view the app output:

http://localhost:8000/dropdown

I hope it can help you...