What is the correct way to structure a form with a dropdown menu in PHP?

When creating a form with a dropdown menu in PHP, you need to use the `<select>` tag to create the dropdown menu and populate it with `<option>` tags for each selectable item. Make sure to set the name attribute of the `<select>` tag so that you can access the selected value in your PHP code. When the form is submitted, you can retrieve the selected value using `$_POST` or `$_GET` depending on the form method. 

&lt;form method=&quot;post&quot; action=&quot;process_form.php&quot;&gt;
    &lt;label for=&quot;dropdown&quot;&gt;Select an option:&lt;/label&gt;
    &lt;select name=&quot;dropdown&quot; id=&quot;dropdown&quot;&gt;
        &lt;option value=&quot;option1&quot;&gt;Option 1&lt;/option&gt;
        &lt;option value=&quot;option2&quot;&gt;Option 2&lt;/option&gt;
        &lt;option value=&quot;option3&quot;&gt;Option 3&lt;/option&gt;
    &lt;/select&gt;
    &lt;input type=&quot;submit&quot; value=&quot;Submit&quot;&gt;
&lt;/form&gt;
```

In the `process_form.php` file, you can access the selected value like this:

```php
$selectedOption = $_POST[&#039;dropdown&#039;];
echo &quot;You selected: &quot; . $selectedOption;

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PHP form dropdown menu structure validation

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