Question

I’m making a PHP Drop down inside a form to view data from a table in my database.
It shows the data correct but I dont get any output in my form action file when I submit.

It doesn’t matter wich one of the outputs from the database i choose, I still get no output. It’s just blank when I try to echo the output.

So how can I get the selected option in the drop down to some sort of $blabla?

Thanks

Here the code:

<SELECT NAME="char"> 
<option value="">Choose</option>


<?php

$qw1 = $_SESSION['SESS_MEMBER_ID']; 
$sql="SELECT name FROM characters WHERE account='$qw1'";
$result=mysql_query($sql); 
$options=""; 
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)) { 

$thing=$row["name"];   

  echo "<OPTION VALUE=$id>$thing</option>";
} 
?> 
</SELECT> 

Answer 1

You do not select id field:

$qw1 = $_SESSION['SESS_MEMBER_ID']; 
$sql="SELECT id, name FROM characters WHERE account='$qw1'";
$result=mysql_query($sql); 
$options=""; 
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)) { 

$id=$row["id"];   
$thing=$row["name"];   

  echo "<OPTION VALUE=$id>$thing</option>";
}