get value of the select box in a form

Question

im tryin to get the selected value from select box i used this to get the result

$receiver=$_POST['receiver'];

but i keep getting the result 0 anyone ?

<form method="post" action="new.php?send"> 
<label for="select">

<select name="receiver" value="Select" size="1">

<?php
$sql = "SELECT fullname FROM users"; 

    $result = mysql_query($sql) or die (mysql_error()); 

    while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))

    { 
            $id=$row["id"]; 
            $name=$row["fullname"]; 
            $options .= '<option name="selected" value="'.$id.'">'.$name.'</option>';
    }

echo $options; ?>
</option>

</select>
<input id="send" type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>

Answer 1

Your SQL is wrong. You are trying to print the ID, but you are not selecting it. Also, there is an unneeded </option> right before the closing tag of your select - that might cause problems too.

Answer 2

select id,fullname from users

so that you can fetch id and in last you are writing .no need o