[getting current text from HTML choosebox]

I'm sure that works, but for some reason, there's some sort of error in my HTML (I think), and I can't really pinpoint it (I'm really new to both HTML and PHP)

So here's part of my HTML:

<jato:combobox name="start_hour"/>
<select name="start_hour">
<option value="" selected>Select Starting Hour</option>
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
</select>

ok, and here's part of my PHP

$start_hour = $_POST['start_hour'];
echo $start_hour;

**end code

Is there anything horribly, horribly obvious that I'm missing!? Sorry for being so annoying!

[getting current text from HTML choosebox]

Hi all-
I'm sorry about asking such a trivial and dumb question, but I've looked around in several places, and I can't find the answer.

I'm trying to refference the current text contained in an HTML choosebox.
So say that i've got a choosebox called colour, with the options red, green, orange and blue.

Say someone selects the colour orange, and then hits a submit button.

I'm wondering how i would use a PHP form to echo Orange (or whatever value was selected from the choosebox).

Sorry for such a trivial question again! I'm really new to PHP, and any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks so much!
-Robert