Featured Category Select

$current = $this->get_field_value( 'jflow_category' );
echo '<label>Featured Category: </label>';
    echo '<select name="' . $this->get_field_name( 'jflow_category' ) . '" id="' . $this->get_field_id( 'jflow_category' ) . '">';
    $cats = get_categories( 'type=post&orderby=name&hide_empty=0' );
    foreach( $cats as $cat ) {
    echo '<option value="' . $cat->cat_ID . '"' . selected( $current, $cat->cat_ID )  . '>' . $cat->cat_name. '</option>';
    }
echo '</select></p>';
echo '<p><span class="description">Selected the featured category</span></p>';