yes its me again trying to use a dropdown box this is what i have on the form <form action="add.php" method="post"> <div id="info" style="width:360px;"> <div align="left"> <input type="hidden" name="pname" value="pic0.jpeg"> <select name="region"> <option value="exchange">Exchange</option> <option value="hire">4 Hire</option> <option value="both">Both</option> </select> <br /> <input type="text" name="name"> <strong>Name:</strong> <br> <br /> <input type="text" name="username"> <strong>Username:</strong> <br> <br /> <input type="text" name="password"> <strong>Password:</strong> <br> <br /> <input type="text" name = "email"> <strong>Email </strong><br> <br /> <input type="text" name="parkname"> <strong>Park Name:</strong> <br> <br /> <input type="text" name="parklocation"> <strong>Park Location</strong>: <br> <br /> <input type="text" name="caravandetails"> <strong>Caravan Details</strong>: <p><strong> <br/> <input type="submit" value="submit"/> </div> </form> HTML: and this is the add to database php $region=$_POST['region']; $name=$_POST['name']; $username=$_POST['username']; $password=$_POST['password']; $email=$_POST['email']; $parkname=$_POST['parkname']; $parklocation=$_POST['parklocation']; $caravandetails=$_POST['caravandetails']; $pname=$_POST['pname']; mysql_query("INSERT INTO `members` VALUES ('region', '$name', '$username', '$password', '$email', '$parkname', '$parklocation', '$caravandetails', '$pname')"); PHP: all that is happening is it writes region to the database and not what was selected many thanks Doug