combo box not loading option on editform using PHP array

I've got a list of records with edit links on them. When i click on the link it takes me to an edit page with the results from the database.

I can retrieve the data successfully for all the text boxes.

I'm trying to implement this via an array which fails to work.

Here is my implementation in code fragments:

        # $data is from $data=mysqli_fetch_array($result)
 
 
                         $product=$data['product'];
                         echo $product.'<br />';
 
         #initializing array to empty
            $product_list=array("Remote"=>" ","TV"=>" ","Box"=>" ");
 
         if (array_key_exists($product,$product_list)){
 
 
             $product_list["'$product'"] =  'selected="selected" ';
 
 
             }
 
                             print_r($product_list);
 
 
         #combo box 
 
               <select name="products">
                         <option value="select">Select</option>
                         <option value="Remote"<?php echo @$product_list["'$product'"] ?>>Remote</option>
                         <option value="TV" <?php echo @$product_list["'$product'"] ?>> TV</option>
                         <option value="Box" <?php echo @$product_list["'$product'"] ?>> Box</option>
                     </select>
 

In the page that displays all the records if i hit edit on a record that has product 'Remote' i get the following output(as per echo statements above):

Remote
 Array ( [Remote] => [TV] => [Box] => ['Remote'] => selected="selected" ) 
 

The HTML form displays:

 <select name="products">                   
     <option value="select">Select</option>
         <option selected="selected" value="Remote">Remote</option>
         <option selected="selected" value="TV"> TV</option>
         <option selected="selected" value="Box"> Box</option>
 </select>
 

In the edit page if i select a record that has product 'TV' i get the following output:

 TV
  Array ( [Remote] => [TV] => [Box] => ['TV'] => selected="selected" ) 
 

HTML output is same as above. And it always sets the option to the last product which is 'Box'.

Can somebody please advise on how i can fix this? thanks!

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