Use something like this; This will get a list of all the subjects within the Topics Model.

Topics::select(\DB::raw('DISTINCT `subject`'))->get() 

It works, thank you very much. But it creates a very odd mess in my form. I pick up the data the way you suggested and put into form like this:

{{ Form::select('domain', $domains) }}

It does print only single domain from the list but in the following format:

{"domain":"google.com"}

instead of just listing domain name.

I must be missing something in the way I'm creating my form.

Try this within your form;

$domains->lists('domain')

To get both the value of the drop list to be the domain and the visual drop box selection to be the same do this;

$domains->lists('domain','domain')