php selection options

[webcoder]

i have this code which displays each category in a drop down selection field, i have created a edit file and which it to select the category for the specific post i am editing but also display the rest of the categories incase i may want to change the category to something different.

<?php
foreach (getcat() as $category){
?>

<option value="<?php echo $category['id'];?>"><?php echo $category['name']; ?></option>

<?php
}
?>

[sfullman]

please explain what you wnat to do or what problem is occurring..

[anoopmail]

Hope this helps

<?php
foreach (getcat() as $category){
if($category == <category of the editing post>){
  $selected_html = ' selected="selected" ' ;
} else {
  $selected_html = '';
}
sprintf("<option value=\"&#37;s\" %s>%s</option>\n",  $category['id'], $selected_html, $category['name']);
}
?>