set a particular option in a select box using jquery

Question

I'm unable to perform the desired event.

  <?php
    include_once 'includes/db.php';
        $result = mysql_query('SELECT country,code FROM countries') or die(mysql_error());

        echo '<select id="CountryCode">';
        echo '<option value="Select">Select</option>';
        while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
        {
           echo '<option value=$row["country"]>'.$row['country'].'</option>';
        }
        echo '<option value="Other">Other</option>';
        echo '</select>';
    ?>
<input id="country" type="hidden" value="IN"/>
<script>
$(function() 
{
$('#CountryCode').val($('#country').val());
});
</script>

Everything works fine. But the desired item is not selected in the select box

Answer 1

You need to set the Attribute "selected" of the option to "selected". Try this (untested):

$("#CountryCode").val($('#country').val()).attr('selected','selected');

Answer 2

The echo in your while() loop should look like this:

echo '<option value="'.$row["country"].'">'.$row['country'].'</option>';

Your string above was printing a literal $row["country"] instead of the value that it contained.