Submit Form Help for list of options

[wayne]

Hi

 

Im learning very slowly (started 3 days ago) and wasted an hour trying to do something which I cant figure out so Ill bow my head and ask the knowledgeble.

 

I have the below code but on insert it inserts into the column "horse" the value of "submit" which is the value for my submit button. What i want it to do is submit the value that the user picks from the list of options. I know its probably simple but what do i need to do please ?

 

<form action="horseinsert.php" method="post" name="horse" id="horse">
<select $horse="options[]">
<option value="Please Select" selected>Please Select</option>
<option value="Horse A">Horse A</option>
<option value="Horse B">Horse B</option>
<option value="Horse C">Horse C</option>
<option value="Horse D">Horse D</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" name="horse" value="Submit">
</form>

 

 

[BlueSkyIS]

you name all of your html entities horse, name='horse'. use a different name/id for each entity. you also have no name for your select. you might want to google a basic php form tutorial.

[wayne]

Thanks, used and works, im can sleep happily.

 

<form action="horseinsert.php" method="post">
<select name="horse">
<option ="Please Select" selected>Please Select</option>
<option ="Horse A">Horse A</option>
<option ="Horse B">Horse B</option>
<option ="Horse C">Horse C</option>
<option ="Horse D">Horse D</option>
</select>
<input type="submit"/>
</form>