Question

Im a newbie ih php.Im trying to show drop down list values from database using this but the data not shown up.There is no error as well. Need some experts advice.

Code

      <?php

include('connectdb.php');     
$sql="SELECT id,name FROM companydetailstbl";
$result=mysql_query($sql);    
$options="";    
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)) {    
    $id=$row["id"];
    //echo $id;
    $thing=$row["name"];
    $options.="<OPTION VALUE=\"$id\">".$thing;
}
?>
        <table width="900" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
          <tr>
            <td width="22%">Company Name </td>
            <td width="3%">:</td>
            <td width="75%"><SELECT NAME="thing">
<OPTION VALUE=0>Choose
<?=$options?>
</SELECT></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>Installation Date </td>
            <td>:</td>
            <td><input type="text" name="ins_dt" />
            (ddmmyyyy)</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>Expiry Date </td>
            <td>:</td>
            <td><input type="text" name="ex_dt" />
            (ddmmyyyy)</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>Status</td>
            <td>:</td>
            <td> </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>&nbsp;</td>
            <td>&nbsp;</td>
            <td><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Update" />
            <input type="submit" name="Submit2" value="Reset" /></td>
          </tr>
        </table>

Please help. Thanks

Answer 1

I don’t know what DTD you are currently using, but according to the HTML 4.0 Specification, you need to close your option tag.

$options .= '<option value="' . $id . '">' . $thing . '</option>';

Also there,

<select name="thing">
    <option value="0">Choose</option>
    <?php echo $options; ?>
</select>