$date = date('l,M d,Y', mktime(0, 0, 0, date('m'), date('d') + 5, date('Y')));
Out Put: Thursday,Sep 10,2015
Out Put: Thursday,Sep 10,2015
<select id="ddlViewBy">
<option value="1">test1</option>
<option value="2" selected="selected">test2</option>
<option value="3">test3</option>
</select>
Running this code:
var e = document.getElementById("ddlViewBy");
var strUser = e.options[e.selectedIndex].value;
Would make strUser be 2. If what you actually want is test2, then do this:
var e = document.getElementById("ddlViewBy");
var strUser = e.options[e.selectedIndex].text;