my original code is this

<tr>
    <th>
        <label for="user_level">
         User Level: *  <?php echo isset($valid_user_level) ? $valid_user_level : NULL; ?>
        </label>
    </th>
</tr>
<td>
    <select name="user_level" id="user_level" class="sel">
        <option value="">Select one…</option>
        <option value="1">User</option>
        <option value="5">Admin</option>
    </select>
</td>

this give me the option to select one of choice from the drop down menu i.e. user and when user is selected and the submit button is pressed this will insert the value 1 into the database which will when the user logs in tell the system that they are are normal user. I want to change the code to the following

<tr>
    <td>
        <select name="user_level" id="user_level" class="sel">
        <option value="">Select one…</option>
        <?php
            if(!empty($level)) {
                foreach($level as $value) {
                    echo "<option value='{$value}'";
                    echo getSticky(2,'user_level',$value);
                    echo ">{$value}</option>";
                }
            }
        ?>
        </select>
    </td>
</tr>

With this being my array query $level = array('User','Admin');

How can I pass the values of 1 for user level and 5 for admin in this code so when the user is selected it inouts 1 into the database?