select box selected item

[Lionel]

I am unserializing some zones and some items.

In order to populate a dropdown box of items I have that code:

PHP Code:

$getitems=$db->query_read("SELECT itemid, title, description from " . TABLE_PREFIX . "vessel_items");
While ($getitem=$db->fetch_array($getitems))
{
$itemoptions.="<option value=\"".$getitem['itemid']."\" $selected>".$getitem['title']."</option>";
} 


further down, to display it 10 times I have I have

PHP Code:

$html.="<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"vesselid\" value=\"$vesselid\">";
for ($i = 1; $i < 11; $i++)
if ($vesselinfo[zones]!=''){
$zones=unserialize($vesselinfo['zones']);
foreach ($zones as $key => $value)
    {

if ($key==$i)
{
$thezone=$value;
}
}
}

$html.="<tr> 
      <td class=\"alt1\" align=\"center\"><font size=\"5\"><strong>[$i]</strong></font></td><td>
    <select name=\"item[$i]\"/><option value=\"\">Select Item
</option>$itemoptions</select>

</td><td class=\"alt2\" align=\"center\"><input size=\"20\" type=\"text\" name=\"zone[$i]\" value=\"$thezone\" /></td>
{ 


While this is good for the zones, I can't get the items to display actual value selected.

Please look at the picture. Can someone help please?