using the old input of Form::password laravel 4.2 - laravel

Question

in my blade i have this change password function i wanted it to "display" the old password when the user have errors like for example the user entered nothing and clicked submit so here is the code in my blade
<div class="form-group">
{{ Form::label('cpass', 'Current Password') }} <span style="color:red"><i>{{ $errors->first('cpass', ':message') }}</i></span>
{{ Form::password('cpass', array('class' => 'form-control' , 'placeholder'=>'enter current password') , Input::old('cpass') ) }}
</div>
<div class="form-group">
{{ Form::label('npass', 'New Password') }} <span style="color:red"><i>{{ $errors->first('npass', ':message') }}</i></span>
{{ Form::password('npass', array('class' => 'form-control', 'placeholder'=>'enter new password'), Input::old('npass') ) }}
</div>
<div class="form-group">
{{ Form::label('rpass', 'Re-type new Password') }} <span style="color:red"><i>{{ $errors->first('rpass', ':message') }}</i></span>
{{ Form::password('rpass', array('class' => 'form-control', 'placeholder'=>'re-type new password'), Input::old('rpass') ) }}
</div>
in my controller i throw it like this
$validator = Validator::make(Input::all(), $rules, $messages);
if ($validator->fails())
{
return Redirect::to('User_Profile')
->withErrors($validator)
->withInput(Input::all());
}
else
{
//do stuff
}
i dont know why im not getting the old input from the user. what may be the wrong im doing? thanks

Answer 1

The form builder password method doesn't accept any input besides the name of the password field and its attributes:
http://laravel.com/api/4.2/Illuminate/Html/FormBuilder.html#method_password
You'll need to do this with javascript by setting the value of the password field manually on page load:
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function()
{
$('#rpass').val("{{ Input::old('rpass') }}");
});
</script>