function create_select($menuname)
{
echo "<select name= '{$menuname}'>\n";
$dbc = connect_to_db("jed");
$query = "select ID, lastname, firstname from student";
$result = perform_query($dbc, $query);
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result, MYSQLI_ASSOC)) {
$firstname = $row['firstname'];
$lastname = $row['lastname'];
$id = $row['ID'];
if (isset($_GET[$menuname]) && $_GET[$menuname] == $id) {
echo "<option value = '{$id}' selected> {$firstname} {$lastname} </option>\n";
} else {
echo "<option value = '{$id}'> {$firstname} {$lastname} </option>\n";
}
}
echo "</select>";
disconnect_from_db($dbc, $result);
}
function displayform($currentstudent = "")
{
$dbc = connect_to_db("jed");
$query = "select ID, lastname, firstname from student";
$result = perform_query($dbc, $query);
echo "<form method=\"get\">\n\t\t <select name=\"studentmenu\">";
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result, MYSQLI_ASSOC)) {
$firstname = $row['firstname'];
$lastname = $row['lastname'];
$id = $row['ID'];
if ($id == $currentstudent) {
echo "<option value=\"{$id}\" selected>{$firstname} {$lastname}</option>\n";
} else {
echo "<option value=\"{$id}\">{$firstname} {$lastname}</option>\n";
}
}
echo "</select>\n\t\t<input type=\"submit\" name=\"formsubmitted\" value=\"go\" />\n\t\t</form>";
disconnect_from_db($dbc, $result);
}
<?php
include 'dbconn.php';
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<title>Selecting Multiple Records</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
$dbc = connect_to_db("jed");
$query = "select lastname, firstname from student";
$result = perform_query($dbc, $query);
echo "<ul>\n";
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result, MYSQLI_ASSOC)) {
$firstname = $row['firstname'];
$lastname = $row['lastname'];
echo "<li>{$firstname} {$lastname} </li>\n";
}
echo "</ul>\n";
disconnect_from_db($dbc, $result);
?>
</body>
</html>