placeholder should be empty and should change on selection of previous field code example
Example: placeholder select html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<select name="food">
<!-- The following line makes a placeholder -->
<option value="" disabled selected hidden>select food</option>
<option value="apple">apple</option>
<option value="melon">melon</option>
</select>
</body>