Inserting selected value from populated mysql dropdown - php

Question

I am trying to insert the selected value from a drop down that was populated from a reference table in my database. I followed a tutorial for a dynamic dropdown but now I would like to take the value and insert it. The problem is it keeps taking the echo the tutorial uses. Is there a way I can make that selected value a new variable? It currently inserts "< php echo $team_name"
<div>
<label>Home Team</label>
<select name="home_team" style="width:125px;>
<option value="">Select Team</option>
<?php
$query = "SELECT * FROM team";
$results = mysqli_query($db, $query);
mysqli_query($db, "SELECT * FROM team_name");
// loop
foreach ($results as $team_name) {
?>
<option value="<php echo $team_name["cid"]; ?><?php echo $team_name["team_name"]; ?></option>
<?php
}
?>
</select>
How I attempted to insert:
$db = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'root', 'root', 'register');
if(mysqli_connect_errno())
{
echo "failed" . mysqli_connect_error();
}
//var_dump($_POST);
$home_team = mysqli_real_escape_string($db, $_POST['home_team']);
$home_team = $home_team;
$query = "INSERT INTO game_table (home_team)
VALUES('$home_team')";
mysqli_query($db, $query);
//echo $query;
//echo $home_team;
//header('location: index.php');

Answer 1

please follow this.
<select name="home_team" style="width:125px;>
<option value="">Select Team</option>
<?php
$query = "SELECT * FROM team";
$results = mysqli_query($db, $query);
while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($results)) {
?>
<option value="<php echo $row['cid']; ?>"><?php echo $row["team_name"]; ?></option>
<?php } ?>
</select>
may be this should work

Answer 2

Try this. There was a couple of missing " and ? in your code.
<select name="home_team" style="width:125px;">
<option value="">Select Team</option>
<?php
$query = "SELECT * FROM team";
$results = mysqli_query($db, $query);
foreach ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($results)) {
?>
<option value="<?php echo $row["cid"]; ?>">
<?php echo $row["team_name"]; ?>
</option>
<?php
}
?>
</select>