Laravel States Form::select Element

laravel.states.select.php

<?php

Form::select('state',array(
    'AL'=>'Alabama',
    'AK'=>'Alaska',
    'AZ'=>'Arizona',
    'AR'=>'Arkansas',
    'CA'=>'California',
    'CO'=>'Colorado',
    'CT'=>'Connecticut',
    'DE'=>'Delaware',
    'DC'=>'District of Columbia',
    'FL'=>'Florida',
    'GA'=>'Georgia',
    'HI'=>'Hawaii',
    'ID'=>'Idaho',
    'IL'=>'Illinois',
    'IN'=>'Indiana',
    'IA'=>'Iowa',
    'KS'=>'Kansas',
    'KY'=>'Kentucky',
    'LA'=>'Louisiana',
    'ME'=>'Maine',
    'MD'=>'Maryland',
    'MA'=>'Massachusetts',
    'MI'=>'Michigan',
    'MN'=>'Minnesota',
    'MS'=>'Mississippi',
    'MO'=>'Missouri',
    'MT'=>'Montana',
    'NE'=>'Nebraska',
    'NV'=>'Nevada',
    'NH'=>'New Hampshire',
    'NJ'=>'New Jersey',
    'NM'=>'New Mexico',
    'NY'=>'New York',
    'NC'=>'North Carolina',
    'ND'=>'North Dakota',
    'OH'=>'Ohio',
    'OK'=>'Oklahoma',
    'OR'=>'Oregon',
    'PA'=>'Pennsylvania',
    'RI'=>'Rhode Island',
    'SC'=>'South Carolina',
    'SD'=>'South Dakota',
    'TN'=>'Tennessee',
    'TX'=>'Texas',
    'UT'=>'Utah',
    'VT'=>'Vermont',
    'VA'=>'Virginia',
    'WA'=>'Washington',
    'WV'=>'West Virginia',
    'WI'=>'Wisconsin',
    'WY'=>'Wyoming',
) , 
Input::old('state'), 
array(
    'class'       => 'form-control'
));
?>

how do I use this in laravel please?

how do I use this in laravel please?

That should paste right into a blade template. Double check the Laravel documentation as this was written under 4.x but the parameters should remain the same.