How to preserve space in HTML select option list? - php

Question

<select name='test'>
<option value='north' india>north india</option>
<option value='goa'>goa</option>
</select>
If I select "north india" in the list PHP echos only "north". Why is that?
This HTML is generated by the PHP code below:
$cond_city= "WHERE state=? GROUP BY cityName ORDER BY cityName ASC";
$data_city= array($state);
$select_city=$this->select_rows(TABLEPREFIX.'region','*',$cond_city,$data_city);
while($arr_city=$select_city->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)){
echo '<option value='.$arr_city['cityName'].'>'.$arr_city['cityName'].'</option>';
}

Answer 1

In your code, value is equal to 'north' because you misplaced your quote:
<option value='north' india>north india</option>
You need this instead:
<option value='north india'>north india</option>
To get this result, you will need to add quotes in your PHP code, like this:
<?php
$cond = "WHERE state=? GROUP BY cityName ORDER BY cityName ASC";
$data = array($state);
$select=$this->select_rows(TABLEPREFIX.'region','*',$cond_city,$data_city);
while ($arr_city=$select_city->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
echo '<option value="'.$arr_cit.' '.$sel_cnt.' >'.$arr_city['cityName']."'</option>';
}
?>

Answer 2

Because you have set option's value as 'north'. If you want 'north india'as whole then replace below code.
<select name='test'>
<option value='north india'>north india</option>
<option value='goa'>goa</option>
</select>

Answer 3

it's happening because when you are submitting your data, you have value for the name of the input (select in your case). To get the desired value you should indicate it in the value attribute of the select.
<select name='test'>
<option value="north india">North India</option>
</select>