<select class="form-control select" name="country[]" multiple>

 @foreach (getCountries() as $key => $item)

   @if(\Str::contains($task->options->require_countries, $key)) 

    <option value="{{ $key }}" selected>{{ $item['country'] }}</option>

   @else

    <option value="{{ $key }}">{{ $item['country'] }}</option>

   @endif

 @endforeach

</select>

<label for="searchSkills">{{__('Search skills')}}</label>

<div class="quform-input">

    <select class="searchSkills form-control"

        multiple="multiple"id="searchSkills" name="searchSkills[]">

    </select>

</div>

  <script>

    $(document).ready(function () {

        $("#{{$route}}").select2({

            tags: true,

            ajax: {

                url: '{{ route("$route") }}',

                type: "get",

                delay: 250,

                dataType: 'json',

                data: function (params) {

                    return {

                        name: params.term,

                        _token: "{{ csrf_token() }}"

                    };

                },

​

                processResults: function (response) {

                    return {

                        results: $.map(response, function (item) {

                            return {

                                id: item.id,

                                text: item.name

                            }

                        })

                    };

                },

​

            }

        })

    });

</script>