php variables in drop down menu

[brauchi]

I am having problems when i want to edit information that i stored using an html form.

I passing the article-id-number from one page into the next page and create than new variables that should be vieweable in the html form.

the first two variables are working for me. After that i have a drop down menu. can this be the problem?

here is the way i am coding the variables into the form

<input type="text" name="title" size="60" value="<?=$edittitle?>"</p>
<p style="margin-left: 25; margin-right: 25">URL<br>
<input type="text" name="URL" size="60" value="<?=$editURL?>"></p>
<p style="margin-left: 25; margin-right: 25">Author<br>
<select size="1" name="author"value="<?=$editauthor?>">
<option value=value="Hans, Meyer">Hans, Mayer</option>
<option value="Andrews, Don ">Andrews, Don</option>
.......
.......

It seems as if my problem is in the drop down menu. But also only the first variable (edittitle) shows up on the second page... is there a different way to code this?

Any ideas?

Andrea

[cgraz]

<select size="1" name="author"value="<?=$editauthor?>">

I don't think you can pass a value attribute like that within a select.

Are you trying to do something like

<select size="1" name="author">

<option value="<?=$editauthor?>">

Also. . .
<option value=value="Hans, Meyer">Hans, Mayer</option>

should be

<option value="Hans, Meyer">Hans, Mayer</option>

If you can pass a value up in the select tag, then you forgot to put a space between "author" and value=

<select size="1" name="author"value="<?=$editauthor?>">

should be

<select size="1" name="author" value="<?=$editauthor?>">

and don't forget to end your <select> with </select>

Cgraz