OK, so here is how you should to this proper way…
In your template file you put your form:
<form id="myForm" name="myform" action="<?php echo esc_attr( admin_url('admin-post.php') ); ?>" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="save_my_custom_form" />
<select id="brandSel" size="1">
<option selected="selected" value="">-- Select Brand --</option>
<option>Abba</option>
<option>AG Hair</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" value="submit" />
</form>
And in functions.php file (or in your plugin) you’ll have to add admin_post_{action}
:
function my_save_custom_form() {
global $wpdb;
$inputValue = $_POST['newValue'];
$wpdb->insert(
'catalog',
array( 'brandSel' => $inputValue ),
array( '%s' ),
);
wp_redirect( site_url("https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/") ); // <-- here goes address of site that user should be redirected after submitting that form
die;
}
add_action( 'admin_post_nopriv_save_my_custom_form', 'my_save_custom_form' );
add_action( 'admin_post_save_my_custom_form', 'my_save_custom_form' );