Programmers are lazy...er....efficient....I'd do it like so:
<select><?php
$the_key = 1; // or whatever you want
foreach(array(
1 => 'Yes',
2 => 'No',
3 => 'Fine',
) as $key => $val){
?><option value="<?php echo $key; ?>"<?php
if($key==$the_key)echo ' selected="selected"';
?>><?php echo $val; ?></option><?php
}
?></select>
<input type="text" value="" name="name">
<input type="submit" value="go" name="go">
