How to Query a MySQL database and display results using a dropdown in PHP

Question

I am trying to query a MySQL database and display the results on a php webpage as below,

however i get the error Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'position' (T_STRING) in C:\wamp64\www\webform\display-data.php on line 5.Below is my PHP code

<?php 
$mysqli = mysqli_connect('localhost','staff','staff','webform');
$query ="SELECT position FROM entries";
$result = $mysqli->query($query);
if($result->num_rows> 0){
  $options= mysqli_fetch_all($result, MYSQLI_ASSOC);
}
<?php 


<?php
include("dbconfig.php");
include("fetch-data.php");
?>
<select name="position">
   <option>Select staff</option>
  <?php 
  foreach ($options as $option) {
  ?>
    <option><?php echo $option['position']; ?> </option>
    <?php 
    }
   ?>
</select>

Answer 1

Move option tag inside your echo so it should be like this:

<select name="position">
   <option>Select staff</option>
   <?php 
       foreach ($options as $option) {
          echo "<option>$option['position'];</option>";
       }
   ?>
</select>

That should echo option tag for each $option. You can also add value attribute by adding value='$option['position'];'

Answer 2

<?php
include("dbconfig.php");
include("fetch-data.php");

echo'<select name="position">
 <option>Select staff</option>'; 
  foreach ($options as $option) { 
   echo'<option value='.$option['position'].'>'.$option['position'].'</option>';
  } 
echo'</select>';

?>

Answer 3

I just found your problem. Just separate your file as my below code and check.

<!-- Database connection file code (dbconfig.php) -->
<?php
// $mysqli=mysqli_connect(hostname, username, password, databaname)
$mysqli = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'staff', 'staff', 'webform');
?>

<!-- Fetch data file code (fetch-data.php) -->
<?php
$query = "SELECT position FROM entries";
$result = $mysqli->query($query);
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
    $options = mysqli_fetch_all($result, MYSQLI_ASSOC);
}
?>

<!-- Your display dropdown file -->
<?php
include("dbconfig.php");
include("fetch-data.php");
?>

<select name="position">
    <option>Select staff</option>
    <?php
    foreach ($options as $option) {
    ?>
        <option><?php echo $option['position']; ?> </option>
    <?php
    }
    ?>
</select>