problem populating select box via php

[heaps21]

Hi, I am having a problem with the following code:-

$skills_query = "SELECT skill_id, skill_name FROM skills";
   $skills_result = mysql_query($skills_query);
   $num_rows_skills = mysql_num_rows($skills_result); 
   print  $num_rows_skills;
   
   print "<tr><td> Skills </td><td><select name='skillID[]' size='5' multiple";
   while ($skills=mysql_fetch_array($skills_result)){ 
       $skill=$skills["skill_name"];      
       print "<option value='$skill'>";
       print $skill;
       print "</option>";
   }
   print "</select></td></tr>"; 

It is meant to populate a select box in a form with whatever is returned from the query. For some reason it does it, but always misses out the first entry from the database. It does retrieve all values as i can print them all, but as soon as I want them in a select box the first value is missed out. Anybody any ideas?

Im not sure of the source of this problem so i apologise if it isnt classed as a php problem :-)

[heaps21]

sorry, my fault - ive just had another look at it and realised that i have missed a > from the select ...

Sorry for being a dumbass!!

[super kobs]

Lol, we all make those simple mistakes that mess up your code