Problem
You want to create a hidden input field for your form.
You know you could use the <input type="hidden"...> format but you want to do it the Laravel way.
Solution
Use the Form::hidden() method.
Usually, this is used in Blade templates.
Just pass the name and value to the method.
{{ Form::hidden('invisible', 'secret') }}
This creates a very simple element which looks like the following.
To add other attributes, pass a third argument to the method. This third argument must be an array.
{{ Form::hidden('invisible', 'secret', array('id' => 'invisible_id')) }}
Now the input has an id attribute.
Discussion
This method uses the Form::input() method, passing “hidden” as the type.
NOTE If you’ve bound the form to a model using Form::model() and the model has the same named attribute, then the value will come from the model. See Creating a New Model Based Form for details.
