Question

The select tag is being generated from the database through PHP echo command.

After I post the form including my select element, I want to be able to retrieve the content (between option tag) as well as the value in the option tag. So if I chose Volvo and submitted the form. I want to retrieve Volvo and 1.

<select name='car'>
  <option value='1'>Volvo</option>
  <option value='2>Saab</option>
  <option value='3>Mercede</option>
  <option value='4>Audi</option>
</select>

This will only retrieve the value.

$_POST['car']

how can I retrieve both?

Answer 1

you can get like this

<select name='car'>
  <option value='1,Volvo'>Volvo</option>
</select>

and

$value = explode(",",$_POST['car']);

you get

$value[0]= 1
$value[1]= Volvo