How to populate a selection box using data from an mysql table

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I want to populate a dropdown list with the names held in a MySQL table. All seems to work but the list is always one name short.

What I have tried:

Form Code

<p>Select Player from dropdown list: (Required) <select id="FullName"  name="FullName" 
            <?php 
            playerFullName_load()
            ?>
        >
        </select></p>

Function Code:

function playerFullName_load(){
    require '../../configure.php';
        $uName = "";
     $Surname = "";
     $FullName = "";
    $ID = "";
$db_handle = mysqli_connect(DB_SERVER, DB_USER, DB_PASS );
$db_found = mysqli_select_db($db_handle, DB_NAME);
// Check connection
if (!$db_found) {
    die("Connection failed: " . mysqli_connect_error());
}
if ($db_found) {
   
$SQL = "SELECT * FROM `snravalonplayerstb` ORDER BY `FirstName` ASC, `Surname` ASC";
$result = mysqli_query($db_handle, $SQL);
while ( $db_field = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result) ) {
    $uName = $db_field['FirstName'];
    $Surname = $db_field['Surname'];
    $_SESSION['TelephoneNo'] = $db_field['TeleNo'];
    $FullName = $uName." ". $Surname;
    echo "<option value='$FullName'> $FullName </option>";
}
echo "<option disabled selected value> -- select an option -- </option>";
}
else {
    print "Database NOT Found ";
}
mysqli_close($db_handle);
}

Posted 18-Nov-18 10:51am

Dave the Golfer

Updated 18-Nov-18 11:44am

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Dave the Golfer · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-18T11:44:00

Changed my code to this and it now works correctly!

<p>Select Player from dropdown list: (Required) <select id="FullName"  name="FullName" 
            <?php 
            playerFullName_load()
            ?>
            >
            <option disabled selected value> -- select the player -- </option>
        </select></p>

and this

function playerFullName_load(){
    require '../../configure.php';
        $uName = "";
     $Surname = "";
     $fullName = " ";
    $ID = "";
$db_handle = mysqli_connect(DB_SERVER, DB_USER, DB_PASS );
$db_found = mysqli_select_db($db_handle, DB_NAME);
// Check connection
if (!$db_found) {
    die("Connection failed: " . mysqli_connect_error());
}
if ($db_found) {
    
    $SQL = "SELECT * FROM `snravalonplayerstb` ORDER BY `FirstName` ASC, `Surname` ASC";
    $result = mysqli_query($db_handle, $SQL);
    if ($ufullName==" "){}
    while ( $db_field = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result) ) {
        $uName = $db_field['FirstName'];
        $uName = trim($uName);
        $Surname = $db_field['Surname'];
        $Surname = trim($Surname);
        $fullName = $uName." ".$Surname;
        $selected = '';
        echo "<option value='$fullName' $selected> $fullName </option>";
    }
}
else {
    print "Database NOT Found ";
}
mysqli_close($db_handle);
}