Option on dropdown as anchor - php

Question

I am pulling out record from the database and inserting them inside a dropdown like this:
echo "<select>";
while ($drow = mysql_fetch_assoc($request))
{
echo "<option>" . $drow['id'] . "</option>";
}
echo "</select>";
It works but I need to be able to click on an option on the dropdown and make it link just like:
Record1Here
Record2Here
Record3Here
UPDATE: Latest code:
<script>
function doSomething() {
var currentval = this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;
// you could navigate away at that point ?
window.location = currentval;
}
</script>
...
echo "<select onchange='doSomething();'>";
while ($drow = mysql_fetch_assoc($request))
{
echo "<option value=\"view.php\">" . $drow['id'] . "</option>";
}
echo "</select>";

Answer 1

You can't place anchors on an option within a select list.
What you can do is use JavaScript and then do something on the change event of the select list :
echo "<select onchange='doSomething(this);>';
then in JavaScript do something based on the selected value :
function doSomething(elem) {
var currentval = elem.options[elem.selectedIndex].value;
// you could navigate away at that point ?
window.location = currentval;
}
Example here
you could update your PHP code to include a value in each option :
echo "<option value=\"urlhere.php\">" . $drow['id'] . "</option>";