Question

I have this code from an HTML form:

<select name='history12'>     <option value='Gov/Econ'>Government &amp; Economics</option>     <option value='AP Gov/Econ'>AP Government &amp; Economics</option> </select> 

…and this code, in a mailer form:

$history12 = $_REQUEST['history12'] ; 

However, when I try to echo() $history12, it always returns blank. I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong since other inputs work fine (text and radio) but it seems like it’s bonking on selects.

Answer 1

A few things to check

• Is there a form element around it
• Does the form element use POST
• Do you get anything from print_r($_REQUEST);
• And as a last resort, do you see the value anywhere in get_defined_vars()