/** * Get all Degree to show in dropdown * * @return Array */ public function getAllDegree() { $degrees = Degree::all(array('id', 'degreeName'))->toArray(); array_unshift($degrees, array('id' => "", 'degreeName' => "Select Degree")); $result = array(); foreach ($degrees as &$degree) { $result[$degree['id']] = $degree['degreeName']; } return $result; }