How do I set the selected item in a drop down box
You need to set the selected attribute of the correct option tag: <option value=”January” selected=”selected”>January</option> Your PHP would look something like this: <option value=”January”<?=$row[‘month’] == ‘January’ ? ‘ selected=”selected”‘ : ”;?>>January</option> I usually find it neater to create an array of values and loop through that to create a dropdown.