How do I get value of <select> when a user select a item

Question

I need help.

I have a select box with items and I want, if the user select a car name and click on "search" I need to have the name of the car he selected on a "echo".

I tried couple of things but it displays nothing (blank page). below is my code.

Thanks in advance !

<select name="category" >
    <option value="nocategory">No Category</option>
    <option value="toyota">Toyota</option>
    <option value="nissan">Nissan</option>
    <option value="mazda">Mazda</option>
    <option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
 </select>

<input name="submit"  value="Search" type="submit">

</form> 


<?php

   if (isset($_POST['submit'])){
   $category = $_POST['category'];

?>

Possible duplicate of how to get values from HTML select to php\sql — matfax
– matfax, Commented Mar 25, 2017 at 11:16
blank page, because you are not closing your if statement brackets; — hassan
– hassan, Commented Mar 25, 2017 at 11:27

Hikmat Sijapati · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-25 11:17:55Z

0

Set form action to $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] like below: $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] is a PHP super global variable which returns the filename of the currently executing script.

   <form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>">
    <select name="category" >
        <option value="nocategory">No Category</option>
        <option value="toyota">Toyota</option>
        <option value="nissan">Nissan</option>
        <option value="mazda">Mazda</option>
        <option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
     </select>

    <input name="submit"  value="Search" type="submit">

   </form> 


    <?php

       if (isset($_POST['submit'])){
       $category = $_POST['category'];
       echo $category;
       }

    ?>

answered Mar 25, 2017 at 11:17

Hikmat Sijapati

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