Select box with first option empty

Question

Does anybody know how can I set in my select box the first option to empty value?

I\'m getting the data from my DB, and I would like to set the option by default as \"P

Answer 1

In the view

{!! Form::select('qualification_level', $qualification , old('Qualification_Level'), ['class' => 'form-control select2', 'placeholder' => '']) !!}

In the Controller $qualification = \App\Qualification::pluck('name','id')->prepend('Please Select');