What are the key differences between listboxes and dropdown menus in PHP?

Listboxes allow users to select multiple options at once, while dropdown menus only allow users to select one option at a time. Listboxes display all options at once, while dropdown menus only show the selected option until clicked. In PHP, you can create listboxes and dropdown menus using the <select> tag and <option> tags within a form. 

// Example of creating a listbox in PHP
echo &#039;&lt;select name=&quot;listbox[]&quot; multiple&gt;&#039;;
echo &#039;&lt;option value=&quot;option1&quot;&gt;Option 1&lt;/option&gt;&#039;;
echo &#039;&lt;option value=&quot;option2&quot;&gt;Option 2&lt;/option&gt;&#039;;
echo &#039;&lt;option value=&quot;option3&quot;&gt;Option 3&lt;/option&gt;&#039;;
echo &#039;&lt;/select&gt;&#039;;

// Example of creating a dropdown menu in PHP
echo &#039;&lt;select name=&quot;dropdown&quot;&gt;&#039;;
echo &#039;&lt;option value=&quot;option1&quot;&gt;Option 1&lt;/option&gt;&#039;;
echo &#039;&lt;option value=&quot;option2&quot;&gt;Option 2&lt;/option&gt;&#039;;
echo &#039;&lt;option value=&quot;option3&quot;&gt;Option 3&lt;/option&gt;&#039;;
echo &#039;&lt;/select&gt;&#039;;

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