echo "Class1: <select name ='bizClass1' id='bizClass1'/>
<option value=''>Select Class</option> ";
$sql = 'SELECT bizclassName FROM bizclass ORDER BY bizclassName';
$clist = mysqli_query($connection,$sql);
$num=mysqli_num_rows($clist);
$querySEARCH = 'SELECT `bizClass1` FROM `biz` WHERE `bizID` = "'. $search .'"';
$SEARCHlist = mysqli_query($connection, $querySEARCH); // select bizClass from biz
$rowSEARCH= mysqli_fetch_assoc($SEARCHlist); // fetched the bizClass from biz
for($numrows=1; $numrows<= $num; $numrows++)
{
// Associative array
$row=mysqli_fetch_assoc($clist);
if ($rowSEARCH['bizClass1'] == $row['bizclassName']){
printf ("<option value='%s' selected >%s</option> ", $rowSEARCH['bizClass1'], $rowSEARCH['bizClass1']);
} else {
printf ("<option value='%s'>%s</option>",$row['bizclassName'],$row['bizclassName']);
}//end if
} //end for
echo "</select>";
// Free result set
mysqli_free_result($clist);
mysqli_free_result($SEARCHlist);
If statement have to be inside the loop to compare each option with search.
Test tables:
biz
bizID bizClass1
1 ronaldo
2 shevshenko
3 falcao
4 zidane
5 valderrama
bizclass
bizclassName
falcao
ozil
ronaldo
messi
shevshenko
valderrama
hazard
totti