Can't add 'value' attribute to input field about bootstrapper HOT 4 CLOSED

Bootstrapper doesn't disallow a value for a password.

Bootstrapper uses the Laravel Form class to create a password input field after adding classes to the attributes array. If you look at the Laravel password function it calls the input function with a null value.

The input function uses array_merge to merge the input parameters with the attributes array so the null values takes precedence over the attributes.

I would guess this is by design because standard practice is to clear out a password field after a form submission attempt.

Functions from Laravel Form.php

/**
 * Create a HTML password input element.
 *
 * @param  string  $name
 * @param  array   $attributes
 * @return string
 */     
public static function password($name, $attributes = array())
{
    return static::input('password', $name, null, $attributes);
}

/**
 * Create a HTML input element.
 *
 * <code>
 *      // Create a "text" input element named "email"
 *      echo Form::input('text', 'email');
 *
 *      // Create an input element with a specified default value
 *      echo Form::input('text', 'email', '[email protected]');
 * </code>
 *
 * @param  string  $type
 * @param  string  $name
 * @param  mixed   $value
 * @param  array   $attributes
 * @return string
 */     
public static function input($type, $name, $value = null, $attributes = array())
{
    $name = (isset($attributes['name'])) ? $attributes['name'] : $name;

    $id = static::id($name, $attributes);

    $attributes = array_merge($attributes, compact('type', 'name', 'value', 'id'));

    return '<input'.HTML::attributes($attributes).'>';
}

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Except it's not just a password field, it's any field..

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It's the same idea. You are passing in an empty string to the text field which calls the Laravel Form text function after adding the bootstrap classes and then calls the Laravel input function. It than merges the empty string over the top of your attributes array. If you want to pass a value try this:

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Ah, there we go. Thanks! So password doesn't accept a value by default for 'security purposes'

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