Question

I have a page where values from a table in my database are being pulled out and shown on a drop down list. Once a value is chosen and the form is submitted, every data apart from the drop down list is submitted to my mysql database. the code is as follows:

   <?
$sql="SELECT user_id, firstname FROM Users WHERE role = 'chairperson'";
$result=mysql_query($sql);

$options="";

while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)) {

    $id=$row["user_id"];
    $thing=$row["firstname"];
    $options.="<OPTION VALUE=\"$id\">".$thing; 
}
?>
<form action="meetingsinserted.php" method="post">
...
<tr>
    <td>      <label for="chairperson">Chairperson:</label>
</td>
    <td><span id="spryselect1">
      <select name="thing" id="chairperson">

<OPTION VALUE=0>
<?=$options?>

     </select>
      <span class="selectRequiredMsg">You Must Choose A Chairperson For This Meeting</span></span></td>
  </tr>
...

meetingsinserted.php page is as follows:

     <?php

$title = $_REQUEST['title'];
$chairperson = $_REQUEST['chairperson'];
$secretary = $_REQUEST['secretary'];
$tof = $_REQUEST['tof'];
$occurances = $_REQUEST['occurances'];

$con = mysql_connect("*********","***","****");
if (!$con)
  {
  die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
  }

mysql_select_db('mdb_hj942', $con);

$sql="INSERT INTO Meetings (title, chairperson, secretary, tof, occurances) VALUES ('$title','$chairperson', '$secretary','$tof','$occurances')";

if (!mysql_query($sql,$con))
  {
      echo '<h1>Meeting Has Been Sent To Chairperson For Approval</h1>';
  die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
  }
?>

any ideas guys? thanks..

Answer 1

<select name="thing" id="chairperson">

It should be

<select name="chairperson" id="chairperson">

Also, consider adding closing tag for

<option>