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&lt;label for=&quot;county&quot;&gt;&lt;/label&gt; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;select name=&quot;county&quot; id=&quot;county&quot;&gt; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;option value=&quot;Westchester&quot; selected&gt;Westchester&lt;/option&gt; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;option value=&quot;Orange&quot;&gt;Orange&lt;/option&gt; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;option value=&quot;Nassau&quot;&gt;Nassau&lt;/option&gt; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;option value=&quot;Suffolk&quot;&gt;Suffolk&lt;/option&gt; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;option value=&quot;Putnamd&quot;&gt;Putnamd&lt;/option&gt; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt; 
 
Add value to the options and you can get the value by get or post depending on the form method.. 
&quot;&lt;? echo $_POST['county']; ?&gt;&quot; 
&quot;&lt;? echo $_GET['county']; ?&gt;&quot; 

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You question is confusing if you want to display country from database to select or just want to post the country value or just want to print country dropdown ??? 
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 To post the country value.
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Ok Some suggestion posting here may help you: 
 
If you are fetching record from database and want to show in drop down inside a form then: 

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-35766685-1">&lt;label for=&quot;county&quot;&gt;&lt;/label&gt;
 &lt;select name=&quot;county&quot; id=&quot;county&quot;&gt;
&lt;?php
//select query
//fetchrecord 
while($row=mysql_fetch_arry($var of fetchrecord)){
?&gt;
&lt;option value=&lt;?php echo $row['fieldname'];?&gt;&lt;?php echo $row['country'];?&gt;&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;?
}
?&gt;
</code></pre>
 
Will Display the record in select menu where value will be countryid or some thing you have inserted in db and country will be the name of country. 
 
When you want to catch value of country when post form then: 

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-35766685-2">&lt;?php
$country=$_POST['country'];
?&gt;
</code></pre>
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I would like to know how to echo the value of a dropdown list with this
<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-10-27039805-1">&quot;&lt;? echo $rows['county']; ?&gt;&quot;
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<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-8168404">&lt;label for=&quot;county&quot;&gt;&lt;/label&gt;
 &lt;select name=&quot;county&quot; id=&quot;county&quot;&gt;
 &lt;option selected&gt;Westchester&lt;/option&gt;
 &lt;option&gt;Orange&lt;/option&gt;
 &lt;option&gt;Nassau&lt;/option&gt;
 &lt;option&gt;Suffolk&lt;/option&gt;
 &lt;option&gt;Putnamd&lt;/option&gt;
 &lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
</code></pre>
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I would like to know how to echo the value of a dropdown list with this(CODE)

echo value

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