REPOST: Still confuse with combobox value

[robert_gsfame]

anyway i still confuse with combobox value :'( 

Can anyone tell me how to put the value into combobox so that it won't automatically change to first index of the combobox??

 

Help me explain this

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Output selected="selected" inside the <option > tag for the entry you want selected - http://w3schools.com/tags/att_option_selected.asp

[robert_gsfame]

what i mean is that i have the value already, let say i've taken it from the database WHERE USERNAME='BLABLA'

 

$take = mysql_fetch_array xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

$data = $take['country']

 

then how to put the value of $data into the combobox???

[play_]

echo "<select>";

while( $row = mysql_fetch_array($result) ) {
    echo "<option value=".$row['country'].">" . $row['country'] . "</option>";
} 

echo "</select>";