How can dropdown menus be effectively implemented in PHP for user input in a calendar export feature?

To implement dropdown menus for user input in a calendar export feature in PHP, you can use HTML <select> tags within a form. Each dropdown menu can represent a different parameter such as event type, date range, or calendar format. When the form is submitted, you can retrieve the selected values using PHP and use them to generate the calendar export file. 

```php
&lt;form method=&quot;post&quot; action=&quot;export_calendar.php&quot;&gt;
    &lt;label for=&quot;event_type&quot;&gt;Event Type:&lt;/label&gt;
    &lt;select name=&quot;event_type&quot; id=&quot;event_type&quot;&gt;
        &lt;option value=&quot;meeting&quot;&gt;Meeting&lt;/option&gt;
        &lt;option value=&quot;birthday&quot;&gt;Birthday&lt;/option&gt;
        &lt;option value=&quot;holiday&quot;&gt;Holiday&lt;/option&gt;
    &lt;/select&gt;&lt;br&gt;

    &lt;label for=&quot;date_range&quot;&gt;Date Range:&lt;/label&gt;
    &lt;select name=&quot;date_range&quot; id=&quot;date_range&quot;&gt;
        &lt;option value=&quot;today&quot;&gt;Today&lt;/option&gt;
        &lt;option value=&quot;this_week&quot;&gt;This Week&lt;/option&gt;
        &lt;option value=&quot;this_month&quot;&gt;This Month&lt;/option&gt;
    &lt;/select&gt;&lt;br&gt;

    &lt;label for=&quot;calendar_format&quot;&gt;Calendar Format:&lt;/label&gt;
    &lt;select name=&quot;calendar_format&quot; id=&quot;calendar_format&quot;&gt;
        &lt;option value=&quot;ical&quot;&gt;iCal&lt;/option&gt;
        &lt;option value=&quot;csv&quot;&gt;CSV&lt;/option&gt;
    &lt;/select&gt;&lt;br&gt;

    &lt;input type=&quot;submit&quot; value=&quot;Export Calendar&quot;&gt;
&lt;/form&gt;
```

In the &quot;export_calendar.php&quot; file, you can retrieve the selected values using $_POST superglobal and use them to generate the calendar export file based on the user&#039;s input.

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