Get text of select box in php page - php

Question

I have select box in PHP and want text selected item of that:
<form action="" method="get" target="" dir="rtl" class="w3-container">
<?php
echo " <select id='p1' name='p1' >";
echo "<option value='*'>Choose person</option>";
sql code
$result2 = mysql_query($query2,$con);
while($row2 = mysql_fetch_array($result2))
{
$row2['name'];
echo "<option value='".$row2['id']."'>".$row2['name']."</option>";
}
echo " </select>";
mysql_close($con);
?>
<input class="w3-btn w3-hover-yellow" name="" type="submit" value="جستجو">
</form>
<?php
if(isset($_GET['p1']) and $_GET['p1'] != "*")
{
if ($name_insert=trim($_GET["p1"]))
{
if ($strWhere == ""){
$strWhere .= "name_insert='".trim($name_insert)."' ";
$getPage .= "&name_insert=".($name_insert);}
else{
$strWhere .= " and name_insert='".trim($name_insert)."' ";
$getPage .= "&name_insert=".($name_insert);}
}
}
?>
I want code that get text of select box in $name_insert. This code gets value of that.

Answer 1

You can use javascript and save selected option text in a hidden field.
Example
<form action="" method="POST">
<select id="test" onchange="document.getElementById('text_content').value=this.options[this.selectedIndex].text">
<option value="1">Test One</option>
<option value="2">Test Two</option>
</select>
<input type="hidden" name="test_text" id="text_content" value="" />
</form>
PHP
$getOptionText = $_POST['test_text'];
Replace your code with this code
<form action="" method="get" target="" dir="rtl" class="w3-container">
<select id='p1' name='p1' onchange="document.getElementById('text_content').value=this.options[this.selectedIndex].text">
<option value='*'>Choose person</option>
<?php
$result2 = mysql_query($query2,$con);
while($row2 = mysql_fetch_array($result2))
{
echo "<option value='".$row2['id']."'>".$row2['name']."</option>";
}
mysql_close($con);
?>
</select>
<input type="hidden" name="test_text" id="text_content" value="" />
<input class="w3-btn w3-hover-yellow" name="" type="submit" value="جستجو">
</form>
<?php
if(isset($_GET['p1']) and $_GET['p1'] != "*")
{
$getValueOfText = $_GET['test_text'];
echo $getValueOfText;
if ($name_insert=trim($_GET["p1"]))
{
if ($strWhere == ""){
$strWhere .= "name_insert='".trim($name_insert)."' ";
$getPage .= "&name_insert=".($name_insert);}
else{
$strWhere .= " and name_insert='".trim($name_insert)."' ";
$getPage .= "&name_insert=".($name_insert);}
}
}
?>