using Select tag to populate dynamic list - but how to make those list items links?

[Jody Bowers]

I'm using the select tag to populate a dynamic list of work categories from our database. I accomplished this just fine but how do I now make those list items link to the corresponding pages?

ie. Click on Accounting and populate a page with only those members in the accounting field.

<div id="Categories"><select name="list" size="105">
    <?php
do {  
?>
    <option value="<?php echo $row_RS_Categories['ID']?>"<?php if (!(strcmp($row_RS_Categories['ID'], urlencode($row_RS_Categories['Categories'])))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>><?php echo $row_RS_Categories['Categories']?></option>
    <?php
} while ($row_RS_Categories = mysql_fetch_assoc($RS_Categories));
  $rows = mysql_num_rows($RS_Categories);
  if($rows > 0) {
      mysql_data_seek($RS_Categories, 0);
	  $row_RS_Categories = mysql_fetch_assoc($RS_Categories);
  }
?>
  </select>
  </div>

[Dormilich]

not at all (at least not with HTML only). for that to work you have two options
- submit the form and within PHP redirect to the appropriate page
- use JavaScript to change the action attribute of the form so that the submit takes you to the desired destination

[Jody Bowers]

it's not in a form, just a div/select box that pulls up the list of categories. I want to format it so when you click on one of the categories it takes you to a page populated with only the members with that field selected.

[Dormilich]

it's not in a form

if it’s a <select>, it has to be inside a <form>, otherwise your HTML is invalid.

if you insist on not using forms, try a CSS Dropdown Menu (e.g. the Suckerfish Dropdown)

[freefony]

i suggest AJAX i ve used it several times for stuffs like that gives u double advantage loads faster and works for u

[Dormilich]

I doubt that for this case.