Question

I have this code and I’m trying to put the selected state in a subcat table.
So far it returns an empty value. I’m not sure if this is clear or not, but all I want is: select a state from the select option and submit it. I want to get the selected state name into my table subcat.

enter <?php
include("connect.php");
$state = $row['states']; //Select name
if (isset($_POST[submit])){
$query = "INSERT INTO subcat (sub_name) VALUES ('$state')";
mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
}
?>
<form action="" method="post" name="form">
<?php
$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM   state");
echo "<select name='states'>
<option value=''>Select a state</option>";
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($sql)) {
echo "<option value='$row[id]'>$row[name]</option>";
}
echo "</select>";
?>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Continue" />
</form> here

Thanks

Answer 1

Change $state = $row['states'] to $state = $_POST['states']

<?php

include("connect.php");    
if (isset($_POST[submit]))
{
   $state = $_POST['states']; //Select name
   $query = "INSERT INTO subcat (sub_name) VALUES ('$state')";
   mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
}

?>
<form action="" method="post" name="form">
<?php
$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM   state");
echo "<select name='states'>
<option value=''>Select a state</option>";
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($sql)) {
echo "<option value='$row[id]'>$row[name]</option>"; // if you want to 
//get the name into table, then use like this 
//echo "<option value='$row[name]'>$row[name]</option>";  or  
//echo "<option>$row[name]</option>";
}
echo "</select>";
?>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Continue" />
</form>