Whether it is possible to get the text of a drop-list instead of its value using PHP?

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Whether it is possible to get the Text of a HTML \[code\]<select>\[/code\] list instead of its value using PHP?For example from the given below HTML codeCode:\[code\]<option value='http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3656342/1'>January</option>\[/code\]I want to get the text \[code\]"January"\[/code\], if it is possible then how?I cant use \[code\]"January"\[/code\] for both text as well as value of drop-down because both are for different purpose.Thanks in advance