choose from a list <select> item and give it to the handler php

Question

I use a <select> list that gets data from a database. I need to choose from a list item and give it to the handler calc2.php but it does not work, because the list between tags <? php?> <? php?> and i cant assign <select action="calc2.php" name ="plant">

how to assign <select action="calc2.php" name ="plant"> when tags between the <? php?> <? php?> and send the selected item via the button <input type="submit" name="submit_all">

 <fieldset>
        <legend>Медоноси</legend>
<?php
    if($text){ 
        echo "
        <select>
            <option selected>Виберіть рослину зі списку</option>";
    foreach($text as $item){

    echo "
            <option>".$item['plants_name']." ".$item['plants_prod']."</option>";
}
//закриваємо список
echo"</select>";

}

?>


    <form action="calc2.php"name="distance" method="POST">
                <br>Ведіть відстань до медоносу<br>
                <input type="number" min="100" max="2000" step="50" name="distance"><br>


    </fieldset>

    <fieldset>  
        <legend>Бджолородини</legend>
            <form action="calc2.php" name="bees" method="POST">
                Кількість сімей на пасіці<br>
                <input type="number" min="1" max="30" name="amount"><br><br>
                Сила сімей<br>
                <input type="number" min="8" max="24" name="power"><br>
                <input type="submit" name="submit_all"> </form>
    </fieldset>

Answer 1

The first <form> doesn't close and a <form>...<form>...</form> is invalid HTML

The inputs do not have a value attribute

<fieldset>
....

    <form action="calc2.php"name="distance" method="POST">
                <br>Ведіть відстань до медоносу<br>
                <input type="number" min="100" max="2000" step="50" name="distance"><br>


    </form> <!-- missing above ! -->

</fieldset>

<fieldset>  
        <legend>Бджолородини</legend>
            <form action="calc2.php" name="bees" method="POST">
                Кількість сімей на пасіці<br>
                <input type="number" min="1" max="30" name="amount"><br><br>
                Сила сімей<br>
                <input type="number" min="8" max="24" name="power"><br>
                <input type="submit" name="submit_all"> 
            </form>
</fieldset>

Answer 2

Put your select under the form

<form action="calc2.php" name="bees" method="POST" **id=bees-form**>

and use the

<select name=plants form="bees-form">

to assign the select element to the form in order to get the select value through $_POST['plants'] in your calc2 php file.

you can read about it here

Answer 3

if you want to post all info at once keep it in 1 form. If i understood you correctly this should be the fix.

<form action="calc2.php" name="bees" method="POST">
<fieldset>
    <legend>Медоноси</legend>
    <? 
    if($text){ ?>
        <select>
            <option selected>Виберіть рослину зі списку</option>
            <?
            foreach($text as $item){
                ?>
                <option><?=$item['plants_name']." ".$item['plants_prod'];?></option>  
                <?        
             }
             ?>
        </select>   
        <?
    }
    ?>
    <br>Ведіть відстань до медоносу<br>
    <input type="number" min="100" max="2000" step="50" name="distance"><br>
</fieldset>
<fieldset>  
    <legend>Бджолородини</legend>            
    Кількість сімей на пасіці<br>
    <input type="number" min="1" max="30" name="amount"><br><br>
    Сила сімей<br>
    <input type="number" min="8" max="24" name="power"><br>
    <input type="submit" name="submit_all"> </form>
</fieldset>
</form>