How do I search my MYSQL database from an auto populated drop down menu?

This is a shot in the dark, given there are pieces of your code missing from the above that would make this much clearer.. but, it would appear you're not actually retrieving the values passed by your form. These values are not automatically available; you need to get them before you can use them.

Your html select should be wrapped in a form with the action to results page, if method is specified on the form it is one of get or post, if no method property is specified the default is get, depeding on that you should use in your query $_GET'Name' or $_POST'Name' respectively instead of $Name.

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