USING POD
<?php
$username = "root";
$password = "";
$db = "db_name";
$dns = "mysql:host=localhost;dbname=$db;charset=utf8mb4";
$conn = new PDO($dns,$username, $password);
$conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
$sql = "select * from mine where username = ? ";
$stmt1 = $conn->prepare($sql);
$stmt1 -> execute(array($_POST['user']));
$all = $stmt1->fetchAll(); ?>
<div class="controls">
<select data-rel="chosen" name="degree_id" id="selectError">
<?php foreach($all as $nt) { echo "<option value =$nt[id]>$nt[name]</option>";}?>
</select>
</div>