How do I set the selected item in a drop down box

Answer 1

Its too old but I have to add my way as well :) because it is generic and useful especially when you are using static dropdown values.

function selectdCheck($value1,$value2)
   {
     if ($value1 == $value2) 
     {
      echo 'selected="selected"';
     } else 
     {
       echo '';
     }
     return;
   }

and in you dropdown options you can use this function like this and you can use this as many as you can because it fits with all of your select boxes/dropdowns

 value="january">january

:) I hope this function help others