How can dropdown menu selections be stored in a database using PHP?

Dropdown menu selections can be stored in a database using PHP by capturing the selected value from the dropdown menu in a form submission, then inserting it into the database using SQL queries. The selected value can be accessed using the $_POST superglobal in PHP. 

<?php
// Connect to the database
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "database";

$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}

// Capture the selected value from the dropdown menu
$selected_value = $_POST['dropdown_menu'];

// Insert the selected value into the database
$sql = "INSERT INTO table_name (column_name) VALUES ('$selected_value')";

if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
    echo "Record inserted successfully";
} else {
    echo "Error: " . $sql . "<br>" . $conn->error;
}

$conn->close();
?>

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PHP dropdown menu database storing selections

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