Hi 1. Select tag $pcontactnumber = addslashes($_POST["pcontactnumber"]); <select name="pcontactnumber"> <option value="09"> <?php if($pcontactnumber == "09") echo "selected"; ?>09</option> <option value="07"> <?php if ($pcontactnumber == "07") echo "selected"; ?>07</option> </select> 2. echo "<input type =\"radio\" name=\"gender\" value=\"Male\" "; if($gender=='Male') echo "checked"; echo ">Male"; echo "<input type =\"radio\" name=\"gender\" value=\"Female\" "; if($gender=='Female') echo "checked"; echo ">Female"; option 1: <input type="text" id="username" name="username"> <a href="checkusername.php?username="+document.getElementById("username").value >check availability</a> Option 2: <form name="frm1" id="frm1" ...> <input type="text" id="username" name="username"> <a href="javascript:document.frm1.submit();".>check availability</a> </form> Thanks, Muthukumar Selvarasu, Project Manager (Web Development), Webmasters Ltd. From: php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sudhakar Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 2:00 AM To: php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: question about displaying select and radio button hi i have registration form where user selects from a drop down to select their area code apart from filling other details in the form. in the next page which is a confirmation page i would like to display the select option that a user choose in the first page i am able to display this using a textfield however i would like to display using the select drop down. following is the code for both select and radio button that i have used. 1. Select tag $pcontactnumber = addslashes($_POST["pcontactnumber"]); <select name="pcontactnumber"> <option value="09"> <?php if $pcontactnumber == "09" echo "selected" ?>09</option> <option value="07"> <?php if $pcontactnumber == "07" echo "selected" ?>07</option> </select> 2. radio button <script language="javascript"> var m = document.confirmregistrationform.gender.Male.checked; var f = document.confirmregistrationform.gender.Female.checked; </script> echo "<input type =\"radio\" name=\"gender\" value=\"Male\" if ($gender=='Male') m // Male"; echo "<input type =\"radio\" name=\"gender\" value=\"Female\" if ($gender=='Female') f // Female"; 2. radio button echo "<input type =\"radio\" name=\"gender\" value=\"Male\" if ($gender=='Male') {gender.checked}>Male"; echo "<input type =\"radio\" name=\"gender\" value=\"Female\" if ($gender=='Female') {gender.checked}>Female"; please correct the code and provide the correct syntax to display the information for select tag and radio button in the confirmation page using php also i have another question, how can i pass a variable to a php file when a user clicks on a link without submitting a form Ex: Please choose your user name <input type="text" name="username"> <a href="checkusername.php">check availability</a> i have tried document.myform.submit(); onclick event for the <a> tag however it does not work please advice. thanks [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]