如何在html中返回选择框存储的值

i am trying to display the stored values from select box. now below select value is stored in MySQL field name 'age'. example: Three as value 3

<select name="age">
      <option value="1">one</option> 
      <option value="2">two</option>
      <option value="3">three</option>
      <option value="4">four</option>
      <option value="5">five</option>
      <option value="6">six</option>
      <option value="7">seven</option>
      <option value="8">eight</option>
      <option value="9">nine</option>
      <option value="ten">10</option>
      </select>

Result:

when i am trying to display <?=age?> in PHP its showing just 3 but i want to display in words three