title: php page not showing anything
body: <p>im trying to create a drop down many and populate the options from fields in a database that i have.
  So far i have got the following code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php
  session_start();
  include_once("config.php");
  
  $query = "SELECT Category FROM books";
  $result = mysqli_query ($mysqli, $query);
  
  echo "&lt;select name=dropdown value=''&gt;Dropdown&lt;/option&gt;";
  while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))
  {
      echo "&lt;option value=$row[Category]&gt;$row[Category]&lt;/option&gt;";
  }
  
  echo "&lt;/select&gt;";
  ?&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;/body&gt;
  &lt;/html&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However when i try to view the page nothing seems to happen.
  My page remains blank and all i see is the color that i gave to the body in the css file.</p>
  
  <p>Was wondering if anyone knew wh this was happening and if they can sort it out?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>