Autofill select-tags?

[Anon]

How do I make a select-tag autofill with a variable obtained from the "commandline" e.g. http://myserver.com/mypage.php?var1=hello
should make a select-dropdown with the hello option selected.

[Anon]

if i understand your question correctly, i would do it like this

echo "<select name='whatever'>";
echo "<option value='hello'";
if ($var1 == "hello") {
echo " selected";
}
echo ">Hello</option>";
echo "</select>";