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Laravel package to select countries single or multiple using select2.

• Installation
• How to use
• Events

Installation

composer require akhaled/select-country

Then add Akhaled\SelectCountry\ServiceProvider::class to config/app.php providers

How to use

1. Add the component to your view

{{-- Single selection --}}
<div>
    <x-select-country name="selected_country"></x-select-country>
</div>

{{-- Multiple selection --}}
<div>
    <x-select-country name="countries[]" multiple="multiple"></x-select-country>
</div>

2. Add scripts

{{-- link-to-jquery --}
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/select2@4.1.0-beta.1/dist/js/select2.min.js"></script>
@selectCountryScripts

3. Add select2 style

<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/select2@4.1.0-beta.1/dist/css/select2.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />

Events

You can use select2 event by listening to element class .akhaled-select-country

example

<div>
    <x-select-country name="selected_country"></x-select-country>
    <div id="country-code"></div>
</div>

<script>
    $(document).delegate('.akhaled-select-country', 'select2:select', function(e) {
        let country = $(e.params.data.element).data('country')
        $('#country-code').text(`+${country.calling_code}`);
    });
</script>

The option is linked with data-country attribute that's contain more information about the country. See more