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resources/views/components/news-category-selector.blade.php

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+<?php /** @var \App\Models\Category $category */ ?>
+<div class="form-group">
+    <select class="form-select" name="category">
+        <option value="" disabled {{ empty($selected) ? 'selected' : '' }} hidde*>
+            Select a category...
+        </option>
+        @foreach($categories as $category)
+            <option value="{{ $category->id }}" {{ in_array($category->id, (array) $selected) ? 'selected' : '' }}>
+                {{ $category->name }}
+            </option>
+        @endforeach
+    </select>
+</div>