Question

I have a variable like “Doctor and Surgical” I take this value from Mysql database and store it in a variable. When I echo this variable it gives me only “Doctor”
Can anyone tell me how can I take the above value retrieved from Mysql as an entire variable…

EDIT

Please find the code below

query.php
<form action="process.php" method="post">
<select name="cat">
<?php
$sql="select distinct Category from tbl_1 order by Category asc";
$query=mysql_query($sql);

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

 echo "<option value=".$row[Category].">".$row[Category]."</option>";
}
?>
</select>
<select name="station">
<?php
$sql_1="select distinct Station from tbl_1 order by Station asc";
$query_1=mysql_query($sql_1);

while($row=mysql_fetch_array($query_1))
{

echo "<option value=".$row[Station].">".$row[Station]."</option>";
}
?>
</select>
<input name="C" type="submit" />
</form>



process.php

$myValue =$_POST['cat'];
$myStation=$_POST['station'];

echo $myValue;
echo "<br/>";
echo $myStation;

$mySqlStm ="SELECT Name FROM tbl_1 WHERE Category='$myValue' and Station='$myStation'";

$result2 = mysql_query($mySqlStm) or die("Error:mysql_error()"); 

if(mysql_num_rows($result2) == 0){ 
echo("<br/>no records found"); 
} 
ELSE 
{ 
echo "<table border='1'>"; 

//ECHO THE RECORDS FETCHED
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result2)) 
{ 
echo "<tr>"; 

echo "<td>" . $row['Name'] . "</td>"; 
}}

Here when I echo $myValue it gives me “Doctor” instead of “Doctor and Surgeon”
I need “Doctor and Surgeon as an entire variable.

Answer 1

You need to quote the value properly:

 echo "<option value='".$row[Category]."'>".$row[Category]."</option>";

With your current code, if you look at the source you will probably see something like this:

 <option value=Some Category>Some Category</option>

But with proper quotation you’ll see the correct value.