Load Data into 2 Drop Down Menus

[freddydoesphp]

On the second page make a hidden input holding the name and value of the state, so when the second page gets submitted and the city gets passed to the third page the state will go along with it.

[trigger8]

Is there anything wrong in this line?

print '<input type="hidden" name="state" value=" <? echo( "$state" ); ?> ';

[freddydoesphp]

Yes you have php tags embedded inside of php a NONO
print '<input type="hidden" name="state" value="'.$state.'">';

or

printf('<input type="hidden" name="state" value="%s">', $state);