Question

I am trying to populate a drop-down list via PHP embedded in HTML.

Here is what I have so far:

  <select name="ChapterList" id="ChapterList" style="width:120px;">
    <?php
    $username = "xxxxxxxxxxx";
    $password = "xxxxxxxxx";
    $database = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxx";
    $host = "xxxxxxxx.mydomainwebhost.com";

@mysql_connect($host, $username, $password) or die("Unable to connect to database");
@mysql_select_db($database) or die("Unable to select database");

$query = "SELECT * FROM Chapters ORDER BY Id";

$ListOptions = mysql_query($query);

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($ListOptions))
{
    echo "<option value='".$row['Id']."'>".$row['ChapterName']."</option>"
}
     ?>
     </select>

I know I am recieving the expected results because if I echo $row['ChapterName']; , the current values I have in the database are listed in the proper order, so why is it when I echo "<option value='".$row['Id']."'>".$row['ChapterName']."</option>" my list receives nothing at all?

Answer 1

Ok… so I solved my own question in a way.

What I discovered was that my php was being commented out via <--! -->. I merely changed the file extension to .php as opposed to .html. The drop-down list worked immediately and was populated with the proper values.

But this raises another question… how can I get inline PHP to work? My site is hosted with MyDomain. Is there a setting I am missing somewhere?