title: Select form option on page load
body: <p>I would like to select the option contained within a php variable on page load.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php
  $pre = 78;
  ?&gt;
  
  &lt;select id="form8" name="form8"&gt;
  &lt;option value="15"&gt;15&lt;/option&gt;
  &lt;option value="25"&gt;25&lt;/option&gt;
  &lt;option value="64"&gt;64&lt;/option&gt;
  &lt;option value="78"&gt;78&lt;/option&gt;
  &lt;option value="82"&gt;82&lt;/option&gt;
  &lt;/select&gt;
  
  &lt;script&gt;
  $(document).ready(function(){
  $("form8").val("&lt;?php echo $pre; ?&gt;");
  }
  &lt;/script&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Expected output should be, </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;select id="form8" name="form8"&gt;
  &lt;option value="15"&gt;15&lt;/option&gt;
  &lt;option value="25"&gt;25&lt;/option&gt;
  &lt;option value="64"&gt;64&lt;/option&gt;
  &lt;option value="78" selected="selected"&gt;78&lt;/option&gt;
  &lt;option value="82"&gt;82&lt;/option&gt;
  &lt;/select&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><a href="http://jsfiddle.net/qQZVN/1/" rel="nofollow">http://jsfiddle.net/qQZVN/1/</a></p>