HTML form submit to PHP script

Question

I am making an HTML form. I want the results to appear in the PHP script.

<form action="chk_kw.php" method="post"> <br />
    <select> name="website_string" 
        <option value="" selected="selected"></option>
    <option VALUE="abc"> ABC</option>
    <option VALUE="def"> def</option>
        <option VALUE="hij"> hij/option>   
    </select>
    <input type="submit" name="website_string"  >
</form>

The problem is I cannot get the value passed to the PHP. if I use value:

<INPUT TYPE="submit" name="website_string" value="selected" >

It always passes the text in the quotes. In this case "selected". How do I pass one of the strings from the option?

Answer 1

Try this:

<form method="post" action="check.php">
    <select name="website_string">
        <option value="" selected="selected"></option>
        <option VALUE="abc"> ABC</option>
        <option VALUE="def"> def</option>
        <option VALUE="hij"> hij</option>
    </select>
    <input TYPE="submit" name="submit" />
</form>

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

<?php
    echo $_POST['website_string'];
?>

Obligatory disclaimer about using raw $_POST data. Sanitize anything you'll actually be using in application logic.