Question

in another words, i have an drop-down list:

<select name="gamelist" id="gamelist">
<option value="1">Backgammon</option>
<option value="2">Chess</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Submit" />

what i want to do is to echo out Backgammon or Chess based on their values and on witch one is selected. here is what i have so far. but i get numbers instead of names

$values = $_POST['gamelist'];
if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
if (isset($_POST['submit']) && ($_POST['submit'] == 'Submit')) {
echo $values;
}
}

thanks

Answer 1

In $_POST['gamelist'] you should have ‘1’ or ‘2’.

To display it, you should use something similar to the following:

$options = array(
    '1' => 'Backgammon',
    '2' => 'Chess',
);

$value = $_POST['gamelist'];

echo $options[$value]; // will echo proper option, assuming NO multiselect

This should definitely work.

FYI: The part contained within the <option> tag is not being passed with form data, only the values assigned within value attributes to chosen options.