PHP- Fetch from database and store in drop down menu html

Question

I can\'t seem to get the following code to make a dropdown menu that contains data from a mysql database. The \"include(\'connect.php\');\" connects to the mysql database an

Answer 1

First off, you are missing an option opening tag, as correctly mentioned by stslavik. But this is not causing the issue here as it seems (it's auto-corrected by the browser - in my tests atleast).

Secondly, this wont work (problem causer):

echo "$r["CName"]"; 

You should use

echo "".$r["CName"].""; 

or, as I always prefer single quotes to enclose echo or print output strings:

echo ''.$r['CName'].'';

Third alternative (complex syntax: What does ${ } mean in PHP syntax?)

echo "{$r["CName"]}";