<select class="form-control" name="account_type" id="sel1"> <option>Account Type:</option> <option>Teacher</option> <option>Student</option> </select> </div> <button type="submit" name="submit" class="btn btn-default">Submit</button> <!-- PHP code to store login information into database. --> <?php // Create a database link. require 'Session/config.php'; session_start(); $config = new Config(); $db = $config->GetDatabaseLink(); // Check for a post from the registration form if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") { // Obtain information from the user $firstName = mysqli_real_escape_string($db, $_POST['firstname']); $lastName = mysqli_real_escape_string($db, $_POST['lastname']); $email = mysqli_real_escape_string($db, $_POST['email']); $password = mysqli_real_escape_string($db, $_POST['password']); $passwordConfirm = mysqli_real_escape_string($db, $_POST['password_confirm']); $accountType = ''; if (isset($_POST['submit'])) { $accountType = $_POST['account_type']; echo "Selected account type: " . $accountType; } else { echo "no account selected"; }