So I thought this would work

PHP Code:

<form action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>" method="post">
<?
$countrylist = mysql_query ("SELECT * FROM countries");
while ($list=mysql_fetch_array($countrylist)) {
        ?>
Choose a company to attack: 
<select name="company">
<option value="none">--- None Selected ---</option>
<option value="<?=$list['country'];?>"><?=$list['country'];?></option>
</select>
<form type="hidden" value="list" name="list">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="GO">
</form>

I was trying to create an automatic option list based on the number of rows and such... and it doesn't work the way I thought it would. The script above just ends up creating totally separate option lists instead. Any ideas on how to get this done?

I would like it to be a regular drop down menu based on the # of companies I've got listed
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_select.asp
Something like that except instead of me having to write out each option PHP automatically adds it on as users register

Holy sht. You should have inside your cycle only those instructions which should be repeated on each iteraton. And you not only draw separate <select> for each selected row but also make absolutely screwed <form> tags having <form> inside <form> and not closing the first opened <form> (at least I don't see here that you do close it). And why do you place the submit biutton into separate form at all? And where did you get form type="hidden"? It is not present in any html specification.

I sincerely hope that you made this stoopeed mistakes just because you are tired and haven't sleep for twenty hours. If not then I insistently recommend you to put away php and html and take up something like drawing or sculpture or whatever else, but not the webdev.

I'm inclined to disagree with mtishetsky as far as the giving up on php and development. And hidden fields are 'present in html specifications', they are fairly common:
http://www.tizag.com/htmlT/htmlhidden.php

try this code:

PHP Code:

<form action="<? $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" method="post">
Choose a company to attack: 
<select name="company">
<option value="none">--- None Selected ---</option>
<?php
$countrylist = mysql_query ("SELECT * FROM countries");
while ($list=mysql_fetch_array($countrylist, MYSQL_ASSOC)) 
{
     echo '<option value="' . $list['country'] . '">' . $list['country'] . '</option>';
}
 ?>
</select>
<input type="hidden" value="list" name="list">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="GO">
</form>

Also, I noticed that you are consistently adding an = to your opening php tag:
<?=[code here]

That's not necissary just do the following:
<?php [code here, make sure to use a space] ?>

Hope that helps.

NullPointer, please be so kind to show me the place in official specification from w3c about <form type="hidden">.

I'm assuming form was a typo, <input type="hidden"> is completely valid.

Originally Posted by NullPointer

I'm assuming form was a typo, <input type="hidden"> is completely valid.

Yeah that's a typo... and yes I didn't have any sleep lol
and no I'll never stop php and webdev... lol


<input type="hidden"> is valid

Thanks NullPointer... it worked

Mtishetsky, the syntax

PHP Code:

<? =

is a shortcut to

PHP Code:

<?php echo

I haven't seen it for years, and it's not very known, I believe.

Really? I've never seen that. It just looked like broken code to me. Well you learn something new everyday.