$sql = @mysql_query('SELECT mo_id, month_name FROM month WHERE mo_id>09 ORDER BY mo_id'); change it to <form method="post" name="form1"><select name="month" id="month"> <option selected="selected" value="01">01</option> <option value="02">02</option> <option value="03">03</option> <option value="04">04</option> <option value="05">05</option> <option value="06">06</option> <option value="07">07</option> <option value="08">08</option> <option value="09">09</option> <option value="10">10</option> <option value="11">11</option> <option value="12">12</option> </select><input type="submit" value="Post"></form> $month = $_POST['month]; $sql = @mysql_query('SELECT mo_id, month_name FROM month WHERE mo_id>'.$month.'ORDER BY mo_id');