I'm using a form where the user can edit an entry. Everything is populating and all is well with the exception that I can't get the drop down to show the project that they've already assigned the image to. $project_qry = "SELECT * from projects ORDER BY title ASC"; $project_res = mysql_query($project_qry); $project_drop = "<select name=\"project_id\">\n"; while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($project_res)) { if ($project_id == $row[title]) { $project_drop .= "<option value=\"$row[id]\" selected>$row[title]</option>\n"; } else { $project_drop .= "<option value=\"$row[id]\">$row[title]</option>\n"; } } $project_drop .= "</select>\n"; I'm sure it's something devilishly simple but I'm stumped.