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    copied!<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>
 

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