Simple Dropdown List PHP code from MYSQL - php

Question

I am trying to do a simple dropdown list on a table, however, my codes don't seem to be working, I was wondering if there any issue with the way I connect and retrieve? or its just my codes for the dropdown list is wrong. Here are the codes for it, below screenshot contains my database along with the place I want to put my dropdown list. Thanks for the time.
<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli(spf, dbuser, dbpw, db);
$stmt = $mysqli->prepare("Select sbranch_name from branches");
$result = $stmt->execute();
$stmt->bind_result($sbranch_name);
//while ($stmt->fetch())
//{
// $stmt .="<option>". $row['sbranch_name']. "</option>";
//echo '<input type="checkbox" name="sbranch_name[]" value="'.$sbranch_name.'". <br>';
// echo $stmt;
//}
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
echo "<select name='sbranch_name'>";
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
echo "<option value='" . $row['sbranch_name'] . "'>" . $row['sbranch_name'] . "</option>";
}
echo "</select>";
}
$stmt->close();
$mysqli->close();
?>

Answer 1

try this code
using mysqli->query
<?php
$mysqli = new mysqli(spf, dbuser, dbpw, db);
$sql="Select sbranch_name from branches";
$result = $mysqli->query($sql);
//$stmt->bind_result($sbranch_name);
//while ($stmt->fetch())
//{
// $stmt .="<option>". $row['sbranch_name']. "</option>";
//echo '<input type="checkbox" name="sbranch_name[]" value="'.$sbranch_name.'". <br>';
// echo $stmt;
//}
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
echo "<select name='sbranch_name'>";
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
echo "<option value='" . $row['sbranch_name'] . "'>" . $row['sbranch_name'] . "</option>";
}
echo "</select>";
}
//$stmt->close();
$mysqli->close();
?>

Answer 2

I think the issue in when you binding query, why dont you use below code.
$result = $mysqli->query("Select sbranch_name from branches");
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
echo "<select name='images'>";
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
echo "<option value='" . $row['sbranch_name'] . "'>" . $row['sbranch_name'] . "</option>";
}
echo "</select>";
}