drop down list help needed

<?php

// THIS IS YOUR ARRAY
$a[0][0] = "AL";
$a[0][1] = "Alabama";
$a[1][0] = "AK";
$a[1][1] = "Alaska";
$a[2][0] = "AZ";
$a[2][1] = "Arizona";
$a[3][0] = "AS";
$a[3][1] = "Arkansas";
$a[4][0] = "CA";
$a[4][1] = "California";

echo "<select name="medal_image">";//uncomment this line when you want it to work
foreach ($a as $v1)
{

echo "<pre>a = ",var_dump($a),"</pre><br>n";
echo "<pre>v1 = ",var_dump($v1),"</pre><br>n";

//next two lines were used for testing when the second loop was uncommented
echo "v1 = ",var_dump($v1),"<br>n";
echo "v2 = ",var_dump($v2),"<br>n";
echo "<pre>$medal_image = ",var_dump($medal_image),"</pre><br>n";
if ($v1[0] == $medal_image) //$state holds a two-letter acronym (i.e: "AL")
//maybe after you add some more code that will be true
//right now, $state is always NULL
{
$sel_text = " selected ";
}
else
{
$sel_text = " ";
}
echo "<option value=$v1[0]".$sel_text.">".$v1[1]."</option>";


}
echo "</select>";//uncomment this line when you want it to work
?>

Original - php Code <?php // THIS IS YOUR ARRAY $a[0] = Array("AL", "Alabama"); $a[1] = Array("AK", "Alaska"); $a[2] = Array("AZ", "Arizona"); $a[3] = Array("AS" ,"Arkansas"); $a[4] = Array("CA" ,"California"); /* */ $medal_image = isset($_GET['medal_image']) ? $_GET['medal_image'] : 'AZ'; /* */ echo "<select name="medal_image">n"; //uncomment this line when you want it to work foreach ( $a as $v ) { list($short, $long) = $v; if ( $short == $medal_image) //$state holds a two-letter acronym (i.e: "AL") //maybe after you add some more code that will be true //right now, $state is always NULL { $sel_text = ' selected="selected"'; } else { $sel_text = ''; } echo "<option value="$short"".$sel_text.">".$long."</option>n"; } echo "</select>n"; //uncomment this line when you want it to work ?>

<?php
 
// THIS IS YOUR ARRAY
$a[0] = Array("AL", "Alabama");
$a[1] = Array("AK", "Alaska");
$a[2] = Array("AZ", "Arizona");
$a[3] = Array("AS" ,"Arkansas");
$a[4] = Array("CA" ,"California");
 
/* */
$medal_image = isset($_GET['medal_image']) ? $_GET['medal_image'] : 'AZ';
/* */
 
echo "<select name="medal_image">n"; //uncomment this line when you want it to work
foreach ( $a as $v )
{
    list($short, $long) = $v;
 
    if ( $short == $medal_image)
//$state holds a two-letter acronym (i.e: "AL")
//maybe after you add some more code that will be true
//right now, $state is always NULL
    {
        $sel_text = ' selected="selected"';
    }
    else
    {
        $sel_text = '';
    }
    echo "<option value="$short"".$sel_text.">".$long."</option>n";
}
echo "</select>n"; //uncomment this line when you want it to work
 
?>