fai un print delle variabili, vediamo cosa ti restituisce
Codice PHP:
<select name="ore1">
                                        <?
                                        $minuto_att
=date("i");
                                        
$ora_att=date("H");
                                        
$minuto_sel=substr($row['ora_ins_dati']);
print 
"minuto= ".$minuto_sel;
print 
"ora=" .$ora_sel;
                                        
$ora_sel=substr($row['ora_ins_dati']);
                                        for (
$n=1;$n<=24;$n++){
                                        
$n=sprintf("%02d",$n);
                                        
?>
                                        <option value=<?=$n?> <? if($ora_sel=="$n") { echo "SELECTED"; } ?>><?=$n?></option>
                                        <?
                                        
}?>
                                        </select>
                                         
                                        <select name="min1">
                                        <?
                                        
for ($n=1;$n<=59;$n++){
                                        
$n=sprintf("%02d",$n);?>
                                        <option value=<?=$n?> <? if($minuto_sel=="$n") { echo "SELECTED"; } ?>><?=$n?></option>
                                        <?
                                        
}?>
                                        </select>