Populate select drop down from a database table

Question

I have a table (\"venues\") that stores all the possible venues a volunteer can work, each volunteer is assigned to work one venue each.

I want to create a select dr

Answer 1

assuming you have an array of venues...personally i don't like to mix the sql with other wizardry.

function displayDropDown($items, $name, $label, $default='') {
  if (count($items)) {
    echo '';
    echo '' . $label . '';
    echo '----------';
    foreach($items as $item) {
      $selected = ($item['id'] == $default) ? ' selected="selected" : '';
      echo ' . $item['name'] . '';
    }
    echo '';
  } else {
    echo 'There are no venues';
  }
}