how to get the post id in the option tag

Question

$term_id .= $_POST['main_brand_id'];
        $term = get_term( $term_id, 'state' );
        $slug = $term->slug;
        global $post;
        $args = array( 'post_type' =>'dealers','taxonomy'=>'state', 'term' => $slug );
        $myposts = get_posts( $args );
        foreach( $myposts as $post ) :  setup_postdata($post);
            echo '<option>';
                $options .= '<option value="'.$post->id.'">';
                $options .=  the_title();
            echo '</option>';
        endforeach;

I have to pass the post id to get the output as below

<option value="24">Andhra Pradesh</option>
<option value="29">Bangalore</option>
<option value="44">Delhi</option>

This piece of code is not working........

$options .= '<option value="'.$post->id.'">';

This is the output im getting

<option>Andhra Pradesh</option>
<option>Bangalore</option>
<option>Delhi</option>

can anyone help me....

Answer 1

$post->id needs to be $post->ID

You can also use get_the_ID()

Since your calling setup_postdata() you need to call wp_reset_postdata() after your foreach loop.

You also need to echo the value of $options somewhere.

foreach( $myposts as $post ) :  setup_postdata($post);
                $options .= '<option>';
                $options .= '<option value="'.$post->id.'">';
                $options .=  get_the_title();
                $options .= '</option>';
                    echo $options;
        endforeach;

Answer 2

i did like this chris.........

foreach( $myposts as $post ) :  setup_postdata($post);
        echo '<option value="'.$post->id.'">';
            $options .=  the_title();
        echo '</option>';
    endforeach;

and its working, Thank you soo much Chris for ur awesome help............