How to get the selected option value of a drop down box in PHP code

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Published on 2009-09-18T06:26:05Z Indexed on 2010/04/30 11:17 UTC
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I have a dropdown box which lists a set of logos,like flower,butterfly etc.

<p class="title1">Logo</p>
	<select name="logoMenu" class="select" size="7">
		<?php foreach($logos as $logo):?>
			<option id="<?php echo $logo['Subproperty']['id'];?>" value="<?php echo $logo['Subproperty']['values'];?>"><?php echo $logo['Subproperty']['values'];?>
            </option>
		<?php endforeach;?>
	</select>

Suppose If I select the logo 'Flower' from the drop down box, I want the flower pic to be displayed in a div.This is the div that I have to display the pictures.

<div id="theme_logos" class="float_left spaceleft" style="display:none;">
<?php foreach($defaultLogos as $logo):
    	//if($logo['Subproperty']['values']==clicked option value){?>
    <img height="50" width="50" src="/FormBuilder/app/webroot/img/themes/<?php echo $logo['Subproperty']['images'];?>" class="float_left user_profile_image user_profile_image" alt="Default50"/> 
<?php endforeach;?>
</div>

The problem with this code is that it displaya all the pictures found in the table. Because im My controller code, I give only the property id as that of 'Logo',but do not give which logo.

 $this->set('defaultLogos',$this->Subproperty->find('all',array('conditions'=>array('Subproperty.property_id'=>1,'Subproperty.values'=>"Flower"))));

Here I have hard coded as 'flower' so that I get the flower picture alone..

If I select the logo from the drop down box, how to pass that selected value to the controller code? Or if I get the selected logo name thro' jquery,how to use that value in the if condition inside the for each loop?

someone help me out with this.. I'm using CakePHP framework.

   $("#logoMenu option").click(function(){
		selectedLogo=$(this).attr("value");
		$('#subproperty_id').val($(this).attr("id"));	

		if(selectedLogo=="Your logo"){
			$("#themes_upload").show();
		}
		else{
			alert(selectedLogo);
			$("#themes_upload").hide();
			$("#theme_logos").show();
		}
	});

EDIT

Now I have tried an ajax post where I pass the selected logo to the same action of the controller. I get the value when I alert the passed value in the success function of the ajax function. I the picture doesn't appear.

$("#logoMenu option").click(function(){
		selectedLogo=$(this).attr("value");
		$('#subproperty_id').val($(this).attr("id"));	

		if(selectedLogo=="Your logo"){
			$("#themes_upload").show();
		}
		else{
			alert(selectedLogo);
			$.ajax({
				   type: "POST",
			       url: "http://localhost/FormBuilder/index.php/themes/themes/",
                   async: false,
			       data: "selectedLogo="+selectedLogo,
	       		   success: function(msg){
				  		 alert( "Data Saved: " + msg);

					}
			});
			$("#themes_upload").hide();
			$("#theme_logos").show();
		}
	});

 function themes(){ 

     $this->set('themes',$this->Theme->find('all'));
     $logo=$this->params['form']['selectedLogo']; 
     echo "logo:".$logo;  
     $this->set('defaultLogos',$this->Subproperty->find('all',array('conditions'=>array('Subproperty.property_id'=>1,'Subproperty.values'=>$logo))));
 }

But when I trry to display the img in the page,it doesn't appear. Is it because the div show command is after the ajax request?

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