HTML/PHP: How to preselect a <select> tag based on a PHP variable?

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I am trying to pre-select an element in an html <select> tag based on a PHP variable.

The PHP variable stores the name of the user's city (which exactly matches its corresponding element in the drop-down box), so I want that city to be selected when the page is loaded.

Here is the code that I have (obviously it does not work):

<select name="City" value="<?php echo $city ?>">

*a bunch of cities listed*

</select>
 
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