PHP Option Dropdown set Option to One Stored in DB

Question

I have a PHP form which I use to edit a record in the MySQL data base and it has a drop down list of values I would like to set the option that is held in the database to be the

Answer 1

You could use

while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)){
    $selected = "";
    if($row['id'] == $curValue){
        $selected = "selected=\"selected\"";
    }
    echo "{$row['name']} 
}

After you've updated your question, it seems MattP's answer suits your situation better.