PHP Display label and selected value - php

Question

:::EDIT:::
Ok so apparently I should have put in the larger picture here, and that is my fault. Ok so let's say there are 2 sets of dropdowns,
Consider the following HTML:
<form name="myform" action="process.php" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="check_submit" value="1" />
<select name="month">
<option selected="--">--</option>
<option value="January">01</option>
<option value="February">02</option>
<option value="March">03</option>
<option value="April">04</option>
<option value="May">05</option>
<option value="June">06</option>
<option value="July">07</option>
<option value="August">08</option>
<option value="September">09</option>
<option value="October">10</option>
<option value="November">11</option>
<option value="December">12</option>
</select>
<select name="year">
<option selected="--">--</option>
<option value="1965">65</option>
<option value="1966">66</option>
<option value="1967">67</option>
<option value="1968">68</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" />
</form>
I am using $_POST in 'process.php' to display the year selected by the user like this:
<?php
echo "{$_POST['month']} ";
echo "{$_POST['year']} ";
?>
If "67" is selected "1967" displays AND when "09" is selected, "September" is displayed so the question still stands...
Is there a way that I can display the option and the label on the same page? This is simple HTML with a PHP processor, nothing more.
Thanks!

Answer 1

you can't achieve it by php alone you can use jquery with this like follow
<select name="month" onchange="document.getElementById('month_text').value=this.options[this.selectedIndex].text">
<option selected="--">--</option>
<option value="January">01</option>
<option value="February">02</option>
<option value="March">03</option>
............
<option value="December">12</option>
</select>
<select name="year" onchange="document.getElementById('year_text').value=this.options[this.selectedIndex].text">
<option selected="--">--</option>
<option value="1965">65</option>
<option value="1966">66</option>
<option value="1967">67</option>
<option value="1968">68</option>
</select>
<input type="hidden" name="year_text" id="year_text" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="month_text" id="month_text" value=""/>
in php
echo $_POST['year']; // will print 1967
echo $_POST['year_text']; // will print 67
echo $_POST['month']; // will print January
echo $_POST['month_text']; // will print 01

Answer 2

You can do like this:
Modify html like:
<option value="1965-65">65</option>
In PHP:
$explode = explode("-",$_POST['year']);
echo $explode[0]; //will be 1965
echo $explode[1]; //will be 65
OR
your html
<option value="1965">65</option>
PHP
echo substr($_POST['year'], 2, 2); // 65

Answer 3

<?php
$monthArray = array('01'=>'January','02'=>'February','03'=>'March','04'=>'April',
'05'=>'May','06'=>'June','07'=>'July','08'=>'August',
'09'=>'September','10'=>'October','11'=>'November',
'12'=>'December');
$month = $_POST['month'];
$year = $_POST['year'];
echo $month;
echo $year;
echo "You have selected ".substr($year, 2)." Year.";
echo "You have selected ".$monthArray[$month]." month.";
?>
I have updated the code for month also.