Drop down menu with php

[cjwenigma]

Hello,

I'm pulling classes from a database and displaying them in dropdown boxes for the users to choose from. I need to be able to take the courseIDs(in my database) from the courses they pick and store them into a table called account_courses. I also wanted the drop-down boxes to start out blank so if they didn't want to add a class in that box they didn't have to. I'm not sure how to implement the variables so I can take in the courseID with accountID. Here is my code:

<?php
/**
*/

class addCoursePage extends webPage {
	protected function content() {
	$accountID = ( isset( $_GET['accountID'] ) ? $_GET['accountID'] : 0 );
	$query = "SELECT courseName FROM courses";
	$result  = query($query);
	if($result->num_rows > 0) {
		$temp = $result->fetch_assoc();
	}
		else {
			echo "we have no data";
			exit;
		}

?>
<h1>Select a Course to Add</h1>
	<div id="messageBox"></div>
	<form id="addCoursePageForm" method="POST" action="_addCoursePage.php?accountID=<?php echo $accountID;?>">
		<table>
			<tr>
				<td>Course 1</td>
				<td>	
	<select>
	<?php
		$query = "SELECT * FROM courses";
		$result = query($query);
		for($i=0; $i < $result->num_rows; $i++) {
			$temp2 = $result->fetch_assoc();
			echo "<option value=\"$temp2[courseID]\">$temp2[courseName]</option>";
		}
	?>
	</select></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td>Course 2</td>
				<td>	
	<select>
	<?php
		$query = "SELECT * FROM courses";
		$result = query($query);
		for($i=0; $i < $result->num_rows; $i++) {
			$temp2 = $result->fetch_assoc();
			echo "<option value=\"$temp2[courseID]\">$temp2[courseName]</option>";
		}
	?>
	</select></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td>Course 3</td>
				<td>	
	<select>
	<?php
		$query = "SELECT * FROM courses";
		$result = query($query);
		for($i=0; $i < $result->num_rows; $i++) {
			$temp2 = $result->fetch_assoc();
			echo "<option value=\"$temp2[courseID]\">$temp2[courseName]</option>";
		}
	?>
	</select></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td>Course 4</td>
				<td>	
	<select>
	<?php
		$query = "SELECT * FROM courses";
		$result = query($query);
		for($i=0; $i < $result->num_rows; $i++) {
			$temp2 = $result->fetch_assoc();
			echo "<option value=\"$temp2[courseID]\">$temp2[courseName]</option>";
		}
	?>
	</select></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td>Course 5</td>
				<td>	
	<select>
	<?php
		$query = "SELECT * FROM courses";
		$result = query($query);
		for($i=0; $i < $result->num_rows; $i++) {
			$temp2 = $result->fetch_assoc();
			echo "<option value=\"$temp2[courseID]\">$temp2[courseName]</option>";
		}
	?>
	</select></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td>Course 6</td>
				<td>	
	<select>
	<?php
		$query = "SELECT * FROM courses";
		$result = query($query);
		for($i=0; $i < $result->num_rows; $i++) {
			$temp2 = $result->fetch_assoc();
			echo "<option value=\"$temp2[courseID]\">$temp2[courseName]</option>";
		}
	?>
	</select></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td>Course 7</td>
				<td>	
	<select>
	<?php
		$query = "SELECT * FROM courses";
		$result = query($query);
		for($i=0; $i < $result->num_rows; $i++) {
			$temp2 = $result->fetch_assoc();
			echo "<option value=\"$temp2[courseID]\">$temp2[courseName]</option>";
		}
	?>
	</select>
	</td>
			</tr>
				<td>&nbsp;</td>
				<td><input type="submit" value="Add Courses!" /></td>
			</tr>
		</table>
	</form>
<?php
	}
}
?>

[HITMANOF44th]

i think this is what you mean but let me know

<?php

 $a[1] = "something";
 $a[2] = "something else";
 $a[3] = " other things";
 $a[4] = "many other things";
 $x = 4;

echo "<select size='1'>";
echo "<option value=''></option>";
	for ( $counter = 1 ; $counter <= $x; $counter += 1) {  
echo "<option value='$a[$counter]'>$a[$counter]</option>";
	}
echo "</select>";	

?>