How to preSelect an html dropdown list with php? [duplicate]

Question

I am trying to get the option selected using PHP, but I ran out of ideas!

Below is the code I have tried until now:

<select>
<option value="1">Yes</options>
<option value="2">No</options>
<option value="3">Fine</options>
</select>
<input type="text" value="" name="name">
<input type="submit" value="go" name="go">

So, what do I have to do?

Answer 1

Programmers are lazy...er....efficient....I'd do it like so:

<select><?php
    $the_key = 1; // or whatever you want
    foreach(array(
        1 => 'Yes',
        2 => 'No',
        3 => 'Fine',
    ) as $key => $val){
        ?><option value="<?php echo $key; ?>"<?php
            if($key==$the_key)echo ' selected="selected"';
        ?>><?php echo $val; ?></option><?php
    }
?></select>
<input type="text" value="" name="name">
<input type="submit" value="go" name="go">

Answer 2

<select>
<option value="1" <?php if ($myVar==1) echo 'selected="selected"';?>>Yes</options>
<option value="2" <?php if ($myVar==2) echo 'selected="selected"';?>>No</options>
<option value="3" <?php if ($myVar==3) echo 'selected="selected"';?>>Fine</options>
</select>
<input type="text" value="" name="name">
<input type="submit" value="go" name="go">

This is a very simple and straightforward way, if I understand your question correctly.