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Asked: 2026-06-16T02:38:34+00:00

I have an HTML page that has a form in it. The form then

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I have an HTML page that has a form in it. The form then posts to a PHP page where it sends out an email to the user. I have a ‘State’ dropdown box with values of 1-58(I need these for my database). Is there a way to get the name of the state instead of the number value when sending the email?

My HTML:

<Select name="State" id="State" style="width:40px;" >
  <option value="17"></option>
  <option value="18">Alabama</option>
  <option value="19">Alaska</option>
  <option value="20">American Samoa</option>
  <option value="21">Arizona</option>
  <option value="22">Arkansas</option>
  <option value="15">California</option>
  <option value="6">Canada</option>
  <option value="11">Colorado</option>
  <option value="23">Connecticut</option>
  <option value="24">Delaware</option>
  <option value="25">District Of Columbia</option>
  <option value="26">Federated States Of Micronesia</option>
  <option value="7">Florida</option>
  <option value="27">Georgia</option>
  <option value="28">Guam</option>
  <option value="29">Hawaii</option>
  <option value="30">Idaho</option>
  <option value="8">Illinois</option>
  <option value="14">Indiana</option>
  <option value="31">Iowa</option>
  <option value="32">Kansas</option>
  <option value="33">Kentucky</option>
  <option value="34">Louisiana</option>
  <option value="35">Maine</option>
  <option value="36">Marshall Islands</option>
  <option value="37">Maryland</option>
  <option value="38">Massachusetts</option>
  <option value="1">Michigan</option>
  <option value="5">Minnesota</option>
  <option value="39">Mississippi</option>
  <option value="40">Missouri</option>
  <option value="41">Montana</option>
  <option value="42">Nebraska</option>
  <option value="43">Nevada</option>
  <option value="44">New Hampshire</option>
  <option value="12">New Jersey</option>
  <option value="45">New Mexico</option>
  <option value="46">New York</option>
  <option value="13">North Carolina</option>
  <option value="47">North Dakota</option>
  <option value="4">Ohio</option>
  <option value="48">Oklahoma</option>
  <option value="49">Oregon</option>
  <option value="10">Pennsylvania</option>
  <option value="50">Rhode Island</option>
  <option value="51">South Carolina</option>
  <option value="52">South Dakota</option>
  <option value="53">Tennessee</option>
  <option value="2">Texas</option>
  <option value="54">Utah</option>
  <option value="55">Vermont</option>
  <option value="3">Virginia</option>
  <option value="56">Washington</option>
  <option value="57">West Virginia</option>
  <option value="9">Wisconsin</option>
  <option value="58">Wyoming</option>
</Select>

Current PHP $message line:

 "\nState: " . stripslashes($_POST["State"]) .

The emails I’m receiving are saying "State: 1" instead of "State: Michigan".

Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Have an array control all the values. Use this same array to show the drop down option, then use the same array to reference the value.

    <?php
//Place state array at the top of the file
$states = array(
  18 => "Alabama",
  19 => "Alaska",
  ...
);

//Generate select box
if(is_array($states)) {
  echo "<select name='state' id='state' style='width:40px'>";
  foreach($states as $id => $name) {
    echo "<option value='$id'>$name</option>";
  }
  echo "</select>";
}

//Form POSTed
if(is_array($_POST)) {
  //Send email message
  $email = "State: ".$states[$_POST['state']];
  //Do email sending or message displaying

  //Submit to datebase
  $query = "INSERT INTO table ('state') VALUES ('".mysqli_escape_string($_POST['state'])."')";
  //Do insert into mysql
}
?>
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