lol

<?php
$to_people = array("--Select--","joe","news","etc");
$default = "--Select--";
if(!isset($_GET['to'])) {
	$_GET['to'] = $default;
} else {
	if(!in_array($_GET['to'],$to_people)) {
		$default = "--Select--";
	}
}
?>
<body>
<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="">
  <select name="select">
  	<?php 
	  foreach($to_people as $key => $value) {
	    echo "<option value=\"".$value."\"";
		if(strtolower($value) == strtolower($_GET['to'])) {
		  echo " default";
		}
		echo ">".$value."</option>";
	  }
	?>
  </select>
</form>