dynamic select menu without echo

[nuttynibbles]

hi, i need to do a dynamic select menu without using echo..
here is my code:

function makeYear($year)
		{		

		$str	=	'<select name=\"drpDwnYr\" id=\"dropDwnYr\">
						<option selected value="0">Year</option>';
					for($i=1940;$i<2008;$i++) {
					  $str.='<option value="' . $i . '"';
						//set selected value							
						if ($i == $year) {						
							$str.= 'selected = "selected"';									
						}

						$str.= '>' . $i. '</option>'; 
					}
					$str.= "</select>";			

		return $str;
	} //makeYear

to extract the value, i did this

 $yr = $_POST['drpDwnYr'];

.. but i could not get the year selected.

pls help. tks

[dagon]

that should be:

$yr = makeYear($_POST['drpDwnYr']);

[nuttynibbles]

hmm tks but it could not extract the value..
secondly, when the page is submitted, it call itself.. so i wanna keep the selected value shown in the select menu when submitted.. i've uploaded the file for your reference.

tks