Selected Case

<select name="id_item" id="id_item">
                    <option>--Pilih Kota--</option>
                    <?php
                    $kota = mysql_query("select * from t_kota");
                    while($p=mysql_fetch_array($kota)){
                        echo "<option value=\"$p[0]\">$p[1]</option>\n";
                    }
                    ?>
</select>