I have this form
<form method='POST' name='f1' action='asset_lookup_engine.php'>
<div class='row'>
<div style='width:115px'>
<label for='manufacturer' style='font-size:medium'>Manufacturer</label>
</div>
<div class='col'>
<div class="input-group">
<input list="manufacturers" name="manufacturer" type="text" class="form-control" value="ibm" onchange="reload(this.form)" id="manufacturer">
<div class="input-group-append">
<button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button" onclick="reload(this.form)"><span class="icon-search"></span></button>
</div>
</div>
<datalist id="manufacturers">
<option value='American Dynamics'>American Dynamics</option>
<option value='APC'>APC</option>
<option value='Apple'>Apple</option>
<option value='Austin Hughes'>Austin Hughes</option>
<option value='Avocent'>Avocent</option>
<option value='Barco'>Barco</option>
<option value='Belkin'>Belkin</option>
<option value='Cisco'>Cisco</option>
<option value='Compaq'>Compaq</option>
<option value='CyberView'>CyberView</option>
<option value='DEC'>DEC</option>
<option value='Dell'>Dell</option>
<option value='Eizo'>Eizo</option>
<option value='Esterline'>Esterline</option>
<option value='Fujitsu'>Fujitsu</option>
<option value='Generic'>Generic</option>
<option value='Hewlett-Packard'>Hewlett-Packard</option>
<option value='IBM'>IBM</option>
<option value='Lenovo'>Lenovo</option>
<option value='Mitsubishi'>Mitsubishi</option>
<option value='NEC'>NEC</option>
<option value='Neuro Logic Systems'>Neuro Logic Systems</option>
<option value='Planar'>Planar</option>
<option value='Raritan'>Raritan</option>
<option value='Samsung Electronics'>Samsung Electronics</option>
<option value='ScioTeq'>ScioTeq</option>
<option value='Sony'>Sony</option>
<option value='StarTech'>StarTech</option>
<option value='SUN'>SUN</option>
<option value='Tripplite'>Tripplite</option>
<option value='TSI'>TSI</option>
<option value='UPtyma'>UPtyma</option>
<option value='Viewsonic'>Viewsonic</option>
</datalist>
</div>
</div>
<div class='row'>
<div style='width:115px'>
<label for='model_front' style='font-size:medium'>Model</label>
</div>
<div class='col'>
<select name='model' class='form-control' id='model_front' onchange='javascript:this.form.submit()'><option value=''>Select</option>
<option value='1723-17X'>1723-17X</option>
<option value='1723-19X'>1723-19X</option>
<option value='1723-1NX'>1723-1NX</option>
<option value='1723-1RX'>1723-1RX</option>
<option value='1723-1UX'>1723-1UX</option>
<option value='1723-2NX'>1723-2NX</option>
<option value='1723-2UX'>1723-2UX</option>
<option value='1723-8BX'>1723-8BX</option>
<option value='1723-8EX'>1723-8EX</option>
<option value='1723-HC1'>1723-HC1</option>
<option value='1723-HC3'>1723-HC3</option>
<option value='2U KVM Console'>2U KVM Console</option>
<option value='32P1702'>32P1702</option>
<option value='3471 Display Station'>3471 Display Station</option>
<option value='3476'>3476</option>
<option value='4938-7NU'>4938-7NU</option>
<option value='4943-17X'>4943-17X</option>
<option value='4945-20X'>4945-20X</option>
<option value='6331-47N'>6331-47N</option>
<option value='6331-A2N'>6331-A2N</option>
<option value='6331-B2N'>6331-B2N</option>
<option value='6331-F7N'>6331-F7N</option>
<option value='6331-H2N'>6331-H2N</option>
<option value='6331-M2N'>6331-M2N</option>
<option value='6331-N2N'>6331-N2N</option>
<option value='6332-4HN'>6332-4HN</option>
<option value='6540-00N'>6540-00N</option>
<option value='6544-403'>6544-403</option>
<option value='6544-433'>6544-433</option>
<option value='6546-01N'>6546-01N</option>
<option value='6546-0AN'>6546-0AN</option>
<option value='6546-41N'>6546-41N</option>
<option value='6547 00N'>6547 00N</option>
<option value='6547-0AN'>6547-0AN</option>
<option value='6547-6BN'>6547-6BN</option>
<option value='6550-23N'>6550-23N</option>
<option value='6550-63N'>6550-63N</option>
<option value='6553-503'>6553-503</option>
<option value='6553-523'>6553-523</option>
<option value='6554 673'>6554 673</option>
<option value='6556-03N Monitor'>6556-03N Monitor</option>
<option value='6556-43N Monitor'>6556-43N Monitor</option>
<option value='6557-03N Monitor'>6557-03N Monitor</option>
<option value='6557-43N'>6557-43N</option>
<option value='6558-03N Monitor'>6558-03N Monitor</option>
<option value='6558-43N Monitor'>6558-43N Monitor</option>
<option value='6565-E2G'>6565-E2G</option>
<option value='6627-0AN'>6627-0AN</option>
<option value='6627-4AN'>6627-4AN</option>
<option value='6627-KAN'>6627-KAN</option>
<option value='6636 - AC2'>6636 - AC2</option>
<option value='6636-AB1'>6636-AB1</option>
<option value='6636-AC1'>6636-AC1</option>
<option value='6636-HB1'>6636-HB1</option>
<option value='6639-U3N'>6639-U3N</option>
<option value='6652-U3N'>6652-U3N</option>
<option value='6734-HB0'>6734-HB0</option>
<option value='6737-66N'>6737-66N</option>
<option value='6862-24U'>6862-24U</option>
<option value='6862-27U'>6862-27U</option>
<option value='6862-52U'>6862-52U</option>
<option value='6862-84U'>6862-84U</option>
<option value='6862-85U'>6862-85U</option>
<option value='6862-GLN'>6862-GLN</option>
<option value='6862-K10'>6862-K10</option>
<option value='6862-K1U'>6862-K1U</option>
<option value='6862-N2U'>6862-N2U</option>
<option value='6862-N40'>6862-N40</option>
<option value='6862-S50'>6862-S50</option>
<option value='7316-TF1'>7316-TF1</option>
<option value='7316-TF2'>7316-TF2</option>
<option value='7316-TF3'>7316-TF3</option>
<option value='9180-HB9'>9180-HB9</option>
<option value='9211-AG4'>9211-AG4</option>
<option value='9306-F31'>9306-F31</option>
<option value='9511-AG4'>9511-AG4</option>
<option value='9512-AB0'>9512-AB0</option>
<option value='9512-AB1'>9512-AB1</option>
<option value='9512-HBO'>9512-HBO</option>
<option value='9513-AG1'>9513-AG1</option>
<option value='C190'>C190</option>
<option value='E54 (6331)'>E54 (6331)</option>
<option value='E74'>E74</option>
<option value='G2 Monitor'>G2 Monitor</option>
<option value='G54 (6546)'>G54 (6546)</option>
<option value='IBM KVM Console (1U)'>IBM KVM Console (1U)</option>
<option value='L171p'>L171p</option>
<option value='P50'>P50</option>
<option value='P70'>P70</option>
<option value='P76 (6550)'>P76 (6550)</option>
<option value='ThinkVision L151 (9205-AB'>ThinkVision L151 (9205-AB</option>
<option value='New_Model'>Model Not Listed</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row justify-content-center" style="margin-top:30px; margin-bottom:-10px">
<div class="col">
<button class="btn btn-outline-dark btn-block btn-lg" type="submit" name="submit_form"><span class="icon-ok"></span> Submit</button>
</div>
</div>
<input type="hidden" name="rack_id" value="1">
</form>
</div>
<input type="radio" name="tab2" id="tabfour">
<label for="tabfour">New</label>
<div class="tab">
<form method="POST" action='asset_lookup_engine.php'>
<div class='row'>
<div style='width:115px'>
<label for='asset_type' style='font-size:medium'>Asset Type</label>
</div>
<div class='col'>
<select id='asset_type' name="asset_type">
<option value="">Type</option>
<option value='kvm'>KVM</option>
<option value="monitor">Monitor</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row" style="margin-top:30px; margin-bottom:-10px">
<div class="col">
<button class="btn btn-outline-dark btn-block btn-lg" type="submit" name="submit_form"><span class="icon-ok"></span> Submit</button>
</div>
</div>
<input type="hidden" name="rack_id" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="mounting_direction" value="Front">
</form>
but on my asset_lookup_engine.php, I have
echo '<pre>';print_r($_POST);echo '</pre>';
$Manufacturer = $_POST['manufacturer'];
$Model = $_POST['model'];
$rack_id = (int)$_POST['rack_id'];
$mounting_direction = $_POST['mounting_direction'];
die();
but
why does it n9ot see the mounting_direction?