php function for mysql enum selected

Question

So I created a function that will pull the values from an enum field in my database:

<?php
function set_and_enum_values( &$conn, $table , $field )
{
    $query = "SHOW COLUMNS FROM `$table` LIKE '$field'";
    $result = mysqli_query( $conn, $query ) or die( 'Error getting Enum/Set field ' . mysqli_error() );
    $row = mysqli_fetch_row($result);

    if(stripos($row[1], 'enum') !== false || stripos($row[1], 'set') !== false)
    {
        $values = str_ireplace(array('enum(', 'set('), '', trim($row[1], ')'));
        $values = explode(',', $values);
        $values = array_map(function($str) { return trim($str, '\'"'); }, $values);
    }

    return $values;
}
?>

I am executing this function in a HTML form, and it's working like a charm to pull the values and list them in a drop down. Here is what I'm using:

<td><select name="owner">
<?php
  $options = set_and_enum_values($con, 'inventory', 'owner');
  foreach($options as $option):
     $selected = (isset($row['owner']) && $row['owner'] == $option) ? ' selected="selected"' : '';
?>
    <option><?php echo $selected; ?><?php echo $option ?></option>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</select></td>

However, I am unable to figure out how to make the default (aka, SELECTED) value show as the default in the drop down. What I have right now will rename the current used value selected=<value1>, but it doesn't make it the default. Can anyone assist? Does my question make sense?

Thanks!

EDIT: Here is the working code, now that I've fixed my syntax error:

<td><select name="owner">
<?php
  $options = set_and_enum_values($con, 'inventory', 'owner');
  foreach($options as $option):
     $selected = (isset($row['owner']) && $row['owner'] == $option) ? ' selected="selected"' : '';
?>
    <option<?php echo $selected; ?>><?php echo $option ?></option>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</select></td>

Answer 1

To select one ore more items in the select element you only have to put the "selected" inside the element like:

<select id="unittype" name="unittype">
  <option value="1"> Miner </option>
  <option value="2"> Puffer </option>
  <option value="3" selected> Snipey </option>
  <option value="4"> Max </option>
  <option value="5"> Firebot </option>
</select>

here the Snipey (value=3) is selected.

So in your example it have to be inside the ... maybe it was only a typo:

 <option <?php echo $selected; ?>><?php echo $option ?></option>

Tom, oe1tkt

Answer 2

< option value="< ?php echo $selected ?>">< ?php echo $selected ?>< /option>