what “type” is an option chosen from a select tag

Question

I am new to PHP and attempting get the value of an option chosen from a select tag. I am familiar with some types of input such as radio, text, checkboxes e.t.c. my question is

Answer 1

You need to give the name attribute to the select, not the options.

    
        Democrat
        Republican
        Independent
        Undecided 
    
    

Then in php, you can access $_GET['party_type'], which will be the option that was chosen.