PHP: Request the values of a HTML form drop down list

Question

I have a HTML form which is using a simple PHP mail() script to send its contents to an email address. I have just implemented a drop down list:

Answer 1

Each option element does not get its own name, just a value.

Source: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#h-17.6

Remove the name attribute from your option elements:

  Event 1
  Event 2
  Event 3  

And depending on the method (post or get) your form element is using, you should use either:

$event = $_POST["event"];

or

$event = $_GET["event"];

Don't forget to use htmlspecialchars() or mysqli_real_escape_string() if saving to a database or printing back to the user in addition to using mail().