cakephp form helper select box with selected value

Question

I am using the cakephp form helper. Basically I want to output a select box with 2 options, public and private. I want private to be selected by default. Does anyone know how to get the private option selected by default? This is what I have so far:

echo $this->Form->input('profile', array(
    'type' => 'select', 
    'options' => array('public' => 'public', 'private' => 'private'), 
    'selected' => 'private'
));

The private value isn't selected though

Thanks

Solution

I've tried your code and it works nice. "Private" appears selected by default.

Comments

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you should not use "selected" - see dereuromark.de/2010/10/07/cakephp-beginner-tips for details