[NCC1701]

Im trying to have separate functions for displaying forms and the actual logic, this is the form display with the drop down menu:

output_fns.php

PHP Code:

<?php
};
function display_menu_form($menu_name)
{
?>
  <form method="post" action="menu.php">
  <table align="center" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td>
 <select name="menu_name">
 <option value="<?php echo $HTTP_POST_VARS['menu_name']; ?>"></option>
 </select>
 </td>
  </tr>
  <td><input name="Submit" type="button" value="Submit"></td>
  </tr>
  </table>
  </form>
<?php 
}
?>

and this is the logic that is supposed to populate the form:

PHP Code:

<?php
 require_once('tannin_level.php');
 session_start();
 do_html_header('Select Menu to Edit');
 
 //create short variable names
 $menu_id = $HTTP_POST_VARS['menu_id'];
 $menu_name = $HTTP_POST_VARS['menu_name'];
 $menu_text = $HTTP_POST_VARS['menu_text'];
 
 // create connection 
    $conn = db_connect();
    if (!$conn)
    return false;
    // create SQL statement 
    $query = "SELECT menu_id, menu_name, menu_text 
           FROM menu";
     // execute SQL query and get result 
    $result = mysql_query($query,$conn);
 
 // format results by row
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) 
 { 
    $menu_name = $row['menu_name']; 
    }
 
 display_menu_form($menu_name);
 display_user_menu();
 do_html_footer();
?>

i get no errors but the menu is not populated and i dont know where im going wring, can anyone assist?