Select a text from selectbox

Can any body help for the following simple issue

I have a select box as following

Code:

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<select name="gender">
<option value="0">  Select </option>
<option value="1">    Male  </option>
<option value="2">  Female </option>
</select>

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I need php code to check the the selected one is Male

It should be like

Code:

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if (selected one is Male) {
echo "print";
}

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Something like;
HTML

Code:

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<form action="process.php" method="post">
<select name="gender">
<option value="0">  Select </option>
<option value="1">    Male  </option>
<option value="2">  Female </option>
</select>
<input name="process" type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>

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process.php

Code:

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$selected = $_POST['gender'];
if ($selected == 0) {
echo 'No gender selected';
} else if ($selected == 1) {
echo 'Male option selected';
} else if ($selected == 2) {
echo 'Female option selected';
}

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Because php is run server-side, the form would need to be submitted and actioned on the server before the options can be processed.

If you do not want to submit the form and instead want to perform an action "live" in the browser (eg- you want to populate the next question based on a users previous selection) you're probably looking at "chained selects" using JavaScript. Here's the DD script for that: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...ects/index.htm

@Beverleyh
Once again Thanks fr ur message
May be an Experienced programmer can say what i am looking for :)
If any assistance needed i will post