Re: postgis mapfile php

<select namex="mydropdown">

  <?php  
  for ($lt = 0; $lt < pg_numrows($myresult); $lt++) {
    $id = pg_result($myresult, $lt, 0);
   
                                            ?>
    <option value="name"> <?php echo $id;?> </option>
      <?php
  }
 
                                       ?>
                       </select>
                     
                       <input type="checkbox" name="layer[]" value="countries"  <?php echo $countries;?> >


i have this select whick takes the results from a column from a database... i haven;t put this select in a form cause it will be inside an othe form .. but i think it works perfect as it nows...

how can i take the selected value from the menu? which is ?   $namex?   $mydropdown??

and how can i put it here.. like ..

the_geom from ( select gid, the_geom from europe_country where name='$namex') as foo using unique gid using srid=-1