On Mon, 2010-06-07 at 13:49 -0400, David Mehler wrote: > Hello, > I've got a form with two combo boxes, one for the month one for the > day. Both are required. I've got code that checks the post submission > to ensure neither is empty. My problem is that if a user does not > select anything in the combo boxes January first is sent, this i don't > want. If they haven't selected anything i'd like that to show as an > error. > Thanks. > Dave. > Make the first item in the select list something like this: <option value="0" selected="selected">-- select month --</option> Then just check for the 0 value in PHP when the form is submitted. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk