Problem with drop down menu

[Trium918]

The dob function below populates the drop down menu, but there isn't any output being displayed to the screen. Why? Can someone tell me?

<?php
function dob() {
$month = array ("January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December");
$select = "<select name=\"birth_month\" >\n";
$select .="<option val=\"0\">Month\n";
for ($i = 0; $i < count($month); $i++) {
$val = $i+1;
$select .= "<option val=\"".$val."\">".$month[$i]."\n"; 
}
$select .= "</option></select>";
$select .=" ";
$select .= "<select name=\"birth_day\">\n";
$select .="<option val=\"0\">Day\n";
for ($i = 0; $i < 31; $i++) {
  $val = $i+1;
  $select .= "<option val=\"".$val."\">".$val."\n"; 
}
  $select .= "</option></select>";
return $select;
}
$birth_date = dob();
echo $birth_date;

$birth_month = $_POST['birth_month'];
$birth_day = $_POST['birth_day'];

$self = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
?>
<form action="<?php echo $self ?>" method="post">
<table border="1"><tr><td>
<?php
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) { 
  echo $birth_month."/".$birth_day;
}
?>
</td></tr><tr><td>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit" />
</td></tr></table>
</form>

[Orio]

Is this the whole script? And there's no output at all?? (Even when you open the source of the page)

 

Orio.

[Trium918]

The dob function populates the drop down menu. That part is working just fine. After the submit button is submitted, there is no data being displayed to the screen.

[BlueSkyIS]

the problem is that the date <SELECT> form elements are outside of the <FORM>

 

move echo $birth_date; to inside the <FORM>

 

<?php
function dob() {
$month = array ("January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December");
$select = "<select name=\"birth_month\" >\n";
$select .="<option val=\"0\">Month\n";
for ($i = 0; $i < count($month); $i++) {
	$val = $i+1;
	$select .= "<option val=\"".$val."\">".$month[$i]."\n"; 
}
	$select .= "</option></select>";
$select .=" ";
$select .= "<select name=\"birth_day\">\n";
$select .="<option val=\"0\">Day\n";
for ($i = 0; $i < 31; $i++) {
	$val = $i+1;
	$select .= "<option val=\"".$val."\">".$val."\n"; 
}
$select .= "</option></select>";
return $select;
}

$birth_date = dob();

$birth_month = $_POST['birth_month'];
$birth_day = $_POST['birth_day'];

$self = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
?>
<form action="<?php echo $self ?>" method="post">
<?php
echo $birth_date;
?>
<table border="1"><tr><td>
<?php
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) { 
  echo $birth_month."/".$birth_day;
}
?>
</td></tr><tr><td>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit" />
</td></tr></table>
</form>

[Trium918]

val should have been value inside the option tag

SOLVED