ul in the form not sending to the $_POST

Question

I have this ul in my form

Answer 1

items are not form elements and will not be posted when the form is submitted. If you need to capture these values you can store them in a hidden form element.

Example to capture the text into a hidden field, add a hidden field.

And bind a click event to the li:

$("ul li.not_the_dot").click(function(){
  $("#activeThing").val($(this).find("a").text());
});