<?php

    $username = "root";
    $password = "";
    $hostname = "localhost";

    $dbname = "major_degrees";
    $str='';

    // Create connection
    $conn = new mysqli($hostname, $username, $password, $dbname);

    // Check connection
    if ($conn->connect_error) {
        die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
    }

    $sql = "SELECT degree_name FROM majors";
    $result = $conn->query($sql);

    $out = '';
    $cnt = 0;
    if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
        // output data of each row
        while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
            $cnt++;
            $out .= '<input id="cb_' .$cnt. '" class="someclass" type="checkbox" />' .$row['degree_name']. '<br/>';
        }
        echo $out;
    }
    $conn->close();


?>