<select id="town" name="town" class="inputField"> <noscript> <?php if(is_array($towns)) { echo "<option value=\"0\">Select town ...</option>"; foreach($towns as $loc) { echo $loc; } } ?> </noscript> <script type="text/javascript"> <?php echo "<option value=\"0\">Not required ...</option>"; echo "<optgroup label=\"United Kingdom\" id=\"gb\">"; echo "</optgroup>"; echo "<optgroup label=\"United States\" id=\"us\">"; echo "</optgroup>"; ?> </script> </select>