Dropdown box not showing options...

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This is supposed to show the categories' names so I can choose which category to put the forum in but its showing up blank! and Inserts cid  as 0.

[code=php:0]
<?php

include('../connect.php');

if(isset($_POST['submit']) && !empty($_POST['title']))
{
$title = $_POST['title'];
$description = $_POST['description'];
$cid = $_POST['cid'];

$query = "INSERT INTO forums (`id`, `cid`, `title`, `description`) VALUES ('NULL', '$cid', '$title', '$description')";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());

echo "Forum successfully added.";
}

$query2 = "SELECT id, title from categories ORDER BY title ASC";
$result2 = mysql_query($query2) or die(mysql_error());

if(mysql_num_rows($result2) < 1)
{
echo "Categories must first exist before forums. (Parents before children!)";
}

?>

<form action="add_forum.php" method="POST">
Forum Title:
<input type="text" name="title" />
<br />
Forum Description:
<input type="text" name="description" />
<Br />
Parent Category:
<select name="cid">
<?
  while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result2))
  {
      echo "<option value=\"". $row['id'] ."\">". $row['title'] ."</option> \n";
  }
?>
</select>
<br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Add" />
</form>
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if(mysql_num_rows($result2) < 1)
{
to this

if(mysql_num_rows($result2) > 0)
{


and this

<form action="add_forum.php" method="POST">

to this

<form action=" " method="POST">

just try ok

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Both of those statements are horribly wrong man....if the number of rows is higher than 0, that means there are categories, meaning it shouldn't display the message.

Also, using "" and add_forum.php do the exact same thing, I've used both.

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      echo "<option value=\"". $row['id'] ."\">". $row['title'] ."</option> \n";

what this mean above exsplain

id what? NULL with the title of NULL

this looks better

$query2 = "SELECT categories.id, categories.title from categories WHERE id='NULL' ORDER BY title ASC";
and
echo "<option value=\"". $row['title'] ."\">". $row['title'] ."</option> \n";