title: php switch statement using text box/drop down box
body: <p>I am trying to use a switch statement to make it so that when that specific word is typed into the text box it will display the available models of that car </p>
  
  <p>for example</p>
  
  <p>if the user entered "Volkswagen" it should echo "The available models are Beetle and Polo"</p>
  
  <p>But for some reason it isnt working can anyone suggest to me why?</p>
  
  <p>here is the code i have so far, </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;form action="switch.php" method="post"&gt;
  
      &lt;input type="text" name="cars" id="cars" /&gt;
         &lt;input type="submit" /&gt; 
  &lt;?php
  $i = $_POST;
  ?&gt;
  
  &lt;?php
  switch ($i) {
      case "Volkswagen":
          echo "The available models are Beetle and Polo";
          break;
      case "Renault":
          echo "The Available models are Megane and Clio";
          break;
      case "Land Rover":
          echo "The Available models are Range Rover Sport and Defender";
          break;
  }
  ?&gt;
  &lt;/form&gt; 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>EDIT: </p>
  
  <p>I am a bit stuck now i am trying to use this switch statement with a drop down box and not quite sure how i can make them work together if anyone can help me to make them work together that would be great</p>
  
  <p>this is the code I have for the working switch and a working drop box.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;form action=""&gt;
  &lt;select name="cars"&gt;
  &lt;option value="Volkswagen"&gt;Volkswagen&lt;/option&gt;
  &lt;option value="Renault"&gt;Renault&lt;/option&gt;
  &lt;option value="Land Rover"&gt;Land Rover&lt;/option&gt;
  &lt;/select&gt;
  
  
  &lt;p&gt;
  &lt;?php
  switch($_POST['cars']) {
      case "Volkswagen":
          echo "The available models are Beetle and Polo";
          break;
      case "Renault":
          echo "The Available models are Megane and Clio";
          break; 
      case "Land Rover":
          echo "The Available models are Range Rover Sport and Defender";
          break;
  }
  ?&gt;
  &lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/form&gt;
  &lt;/center&gt;
  </code></pre>