Laravel Edit Form - Select default selection - laravel-5

Question

I'm creating an edit form in Laravel and I would like to select the selected (database) value in Select Dropdown. I'm doing it now as below. Is the right method or anything better is possible? I'm using Laravel 5.4.
<select class="form-control" id="type" name="type">
<option value="admin" #if($user->type==='admin') selected='selected' #endif>Admin</option>
<option value="telco" #if($user->type==='telco') selected='selected' #endif>Telco</option>
<option value="operator" #if($user->type==='operator') selected='selected' #endif>Operator</option>
<option value="subscriber" #if($user->type==='subscriber') selected='selected' #endif>Subscriber</option>
</select>

Answer 1

I would say that this is a normal approach.
If you want to make it more "friendly" it would take some overhead, for example using a #foreach loop to loop an array that would create all the options for the select, something like this :
$arr = ['admin','telco','operator','subscriber'];
#foreach($arr as $item)
<option value="{{ $item }}" #if($user->type=== $item) selected='selected' #endif> {{ strtoupper($item) }}</option>
#endforeach

Answer 2

You can also use ternary operator instead of if
<select class="form-control" id="type" name="type">
<option value="admin" {{($user->type ==='admin') ? 'selected' : ''}}> Admin </option>
<option value="telco" {{($user->type ==='telco') ? 'selected' : ''}}> Telco </option>
<option value="operator" {{($user->type ==='operator') ? 'selected' : ''}}> Operator </option>
<option value="subscriber" {{($user->type ==='subscriber') ? 'selected' : ''}}> Subscriber </option>
</select>