HTML form submit to PHP script

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I am making an HTML form  I want the results to appear in the PHP script    lt form action  chk kw php  method  post  gt   lt br   gt       lt select gt  name  website string            lt option value    selected  selected  gt  lt  option gt       lt option VALUE  abc  gt  ABC lt  option gt       lt option VALUE  def  gt  def lt  option gt           lt option VALUE  hij  gt  hij option gt          lt  select gt       lt input type  submit  name  website string    gt   lt  form gt    The problem is I cannot get the value passed to the PHP  if I use value    lt INPUT TYPE  submit  name  website string  value  selected   gt    It always passes the text in the quotes  In this case  selected   How do I pass one of the strings from the option

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For your actual form  if you were to just post the results to your same page  it should probably work out all right  Try something like    lt form action  lt  php echo htmlspecialchars   SERVER  PHP SELF      gt  method  POST gt

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Here is what I find works   Set a form name Use a default select option  for example      lt option value  -1  selected gt Please Select lt  option gt    So that if the form is submitted  use of JavaScript to halt the submission process can be implemented and verified at the server too    Try to use HTML5 attributes now they are supported    This input    lt input type  submit  gt    should be   lt input name  Submit  type  submit  value  Submit  gt    whenever I use a form that fails  it is a failure due to the difference in calling the button name submit and name as Submit   You should also set your enctype attribute for your form as forms fail on my web host if it s not set

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lt form method  POST  action  chk kw php  gt       lt select name  website string  gt            lt option selected  selected  gt  lt  option gt           lt option value  abc  gt abc lt  option gt           lt option value  def  gt def lt  option gt           lt option value  hij  gt hij lt  option gt          lt  select gt       lt input type  submit  gt   lt  form gt       As your form gets more complex  you can a quick check at top of your php script using print r   POST    it ll show what s being submitted an the respective element name  To get the submitted value of the element in question do    website string     POST  website string

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Try this   lt form method  quot post quot  action  quot check php quot  gt       lt select name  quot website string quot  gt           lt option value  quot  quot  selected  quot selected quot  gt  lt  option gt           lt option VALUE  quot abc quot  gt  ABC lt  option gt           lt option VALUE  quot def quot  gt  def lt  option gt           lt option VALUE  quot hij quot  gt  hij lt  option gt       lt  select gt       lt input TYPE  quot submit quot  name  quot submit quot    gt   lt  form gt   Both your select control and your submit button had the same name attribute  so the last one used was the submit button when you clicked it   All other syntax errors aside  check php  lt  php     echo   POST  website string      gt    Obligatory disclaimer about using raw   POST data  Sanitize anything you ll actually be using in application logic

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It appears that in PHP you are obtaining the value of the submit button  not the select input  If you are using GET you will want to use   GET  website string   or POST would be   POST  website string     You will probably want the following HTML    lt select name  website string  gt     lt option value    selected  selected  gt  lt  option gt     lt option value  abc  gt ABC lt  option gt     lt option value  def  gt def lt  option gt     lt option value  hij  gt hij lt  option gt      lt  select gt   lt input type  submit    gt    With some PHP that looks like this    lt  php   website string     POST  website string       or   GET  website string       gt

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Assuming you ve fixed the syntax errors  you ve closed the select box before the name attribute   you re using the same name for the select box as the submit button   Give the select box a different name

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