A better solution to handle PHP and HTML <option> logic

Question

Wondering if you can show me a better way to handle this logic? I wrote this and am very ashamed of it. Can you show me a better optimized version of this logic?

P.S $result["item"]; returns an integer.

$type = $result["item"];
switch ($type){
case "1":
$type_output = '    
<option value="1" selected>Cash</option>
<option value="2">Cheque</option>
<option value="3">Debit Card</option>
<option value="4">Credit Card</option>';
break;

case "2":
$type_output = '    
<option value="1">Cash</option>
<option value="2" selected>Cheque</option>
<option value="3">Debit Card</option>
<option value="4">Credit Card</option>';
break;

case "3":
$type_output = '    
<option value="1">Cash</option>
<option value="2">Cheque</option>
<option value="3" selected>Debit Card</option>
<option value="4">Credit Card</option>';
break;

case "4":
$type_output = '    
<option value="1">Cash</option>
<option value="2">Cheque</option>
<option value="3">Debit Card</option>
<option value="4" selected>Credit Card</option>';
break;
}

html

<td>
<select style="width:200px;" name="payment_type">
<option value=""> </option>
'.$type_output.'
</select>
</td>

Thank you

Answer 1

I would use this approach

$type = $result["item"];
$type_output = "";

$options =array(
    "1"=>"cash",
    "2"=>"Cheque",
    "3"=>"Debit Card",
    "4"=>"Credit Card",
);

foreach($options as $value=>$text) {
    $type_output .= "<option value=\"$value\"".($type==$value? " selected" : "").">$text</option>\n";
}

Answer 2

you could do it this way and only once

<option value="1" <?php if ($type == 1) echo "selected"; ?>>Cash</option>
<option value="2" <?php if ($type == 2) echo "selected"; ?>>Cheque</option>
<option value="3" <?php if ($type == 3) echo "selected"; ?>>Debit Card</option>
<option value="4" <?php if ($type == 4) echo "selected"; ?>>Credit Card</option>