Question

How can I update_option in WordPress from this:
everything I do seems not to work; I must be missing something simple.

$l1teams = array(
    1=>"Caterham-Renault",
    2=>"Ferrari",
    3=>"Force India-Mercedes",
    4=>"HRT-Cosworth",
    5=>"Lotus-Renault",
    6=>"Marussia-Cosworth",
    7=>"Mercedes GP",
    8=>"Mclaren-Mercedes",
    9=>"Red Bull-Renault",
    10=>"Sauber",
    11=>"Toro Rosso-Ferrari",
    12=>"Williams-Renault",
    );

<td><select name="league1_driver1_team"><?php foreach($l1teams as $team){?> <option value="<?php echo $l1d1t ?>"><?php echo $team ?></option> <?php } ?> </select></td>

I have all the other code setup correctly; I just cannot insert this value into the database in WordPress and echo it back out.

Answer 1

You are trying to echo $l1d1t in your option tag which seems to be undefined in your example. You probably want something want to change your code to something like this:

<td><select name="league1_driver1_team"><?php foreach($l1teams as $team_id => $team_name){?> <option value="<?php echo $team_id; ?>"><?php echo $team_name; ?></option> <?php } ?> </select></td>

Essentially what I am doing is setting the array index to $team_id and the array value to $team_name.