Hi, Here's one example of a working select: <html> <head> <title>Display Option</title> <script LANGUAGE="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> function display() { DispWin = window.open('','NewWin', 'toolbar=no,status=no,width=300,height=200') message = "<ul><li><b>Option: </b>" + document.form1.product.value; "</ul>"; DispWin.document.write(message); } </script> </head> <body> <form name="form1"> ex: <select name="product"> <option value="a">Apple</option> <option value="b">Orange</option> </select> <p><input TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="Display" onClick="display();"></p> </form> </body> </html> Tom B Internet Content Developer tbirchmire@xxxxxxx ------ Original Message ------ Received: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:08:55 AM EDT From: vijaya lakshmi <vijayalakshmi6jun@xxxxxxxxx> To: php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, bang-phpug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: select option value into a variable > Hi, > need to take the option value of select into a php variable. > > Can you plz help me in doing this. > > ex: <select name="product"> > <option value="a">Apple</option> > <option value="b"></option> > </select> > > so if i select apple then another list box is to be generated. > > if i select orange a diffrent list box should be generated. > > Can you please guide me on how to go about this. > > Thanks in advance...... > > > -- > Thanks & Regards > Vijayalakshmi > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >