io nel db ho un campo data. faccio questo codice:

list($anno, $mese, $giorno) = explode("-", $riga['data_inizio']);


echo "<tr bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">
<td>Data inizio:</td>
<td>".'<select name="giorno">
<option value="$giorno">'.$giorno.'</option>
<option value="01">01</option>
<option value="02">02</option>
<option value="03">03</option>
<option value="04">04</option>
<option value="05">05</option>
<option value="06">06</option>
<option value="07">07</option>
<option value="08">08</option>
<option value="09">09</option>
<option value="10">10</option>
<option value="11">11</option>
<option value="12">12</option>
<option value="13">13</option>
<option value="14">14</option>
<option value="15">15</option>
<option value="16">16</option>
<option value="17">17</option>
<option value="18">18</option>
<option value="19">19</option>
<option value="20">20</option>
<option value="21">21</option>
<option value="22">22</option>
<option value="23">23</option>
<option value="24">24</option>
<option value="25">25</option>
<option value="26">26</option>
<option value="27">27</option>
<option value="28">28</option>
<option value="29">29</option>
<option value="30">30</option>
<option value="31">31</option>
</select>
<select name="mese">
<option value="$mese">'.$mese.'</option>
<option value="1">Gennaio</option>
<option value="2">Febbraio</option>
<option value="3">Marzo</option>
<option value="4">Aprile</option>
<option value="5">Maggio</option>
<option value="6">Giugno</option>
<option value="7">Luglio</option>
<option value="8">Agosto</option>
<option value="9">Settembre</option>
<option value="10">Ottobre</option>
<option value="11">Novembre</option>
<option value="12">Dicembre</option>
</select>
<select name="anno">
<option value="$anno">'.$anno.'</option>
<option value="1990">1990</option>
<option value="1991">1991</option>
<option value="1992">1992</option>
<option value="1993">1993</option>
<option value="1994">1994</option>
<option value="1995">1995</option>
<option value="1996">1996</option>
<option value="1997">1997</option>
<option value="1998">1998</option>
<option value="1999">1999</option>
<option value="2000">2000</option>
<option value="2001">2001</option>
<option value="2002">2002</option>
<option value="2003">2003</option>
<option value="2004">2004</option>
<option value="2005">2005</option>
<option value="2006">2006</option>
<option value="2007">2007</option>
<option value="2008">2008</option>
<option value="2009">2009</option>
<option value="2010">2010</option>
</select>
'."
"."</td>
</tr>";

sbaglio a fare così?