Passing selected value to PHP form using <a> links instead of select/option
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I'm creating a dropdown menu where each selection will be wrapped in <a> links. The value selected needs to be passed to a php contact form but I'm not sure how to do this.

Normally, I'd just use the select-option method but I want to style the menu completely from scratch so is it possible to get the same functionality from just a regular html dropdown menu?


The desired values in question are in the 'Who are you?' section...


    <div id="contact_info">
					
     				<form name="htmlform" method="post" action="./contact.php">
						<table>
							<caption>CONTACT</caption>
							<tr>
								<td valign="top">
  									<label for="your_name">Name:</label>
								</td>
								
								<td valign="top">
									<input type="text" name="your_name" maxlength="50" size="23">
								</td>

							</tr>
							
							
							<tr>
								<td valign="top">
									<label for="email">Email:</label>
								</td>
								
								<td valign="top">
									<input type="text" name="email" maxlength="50" size="23">
								</td>
								
							</tr>
							
							<tr>
 								<td valign="top">
									<label>Who are you?:</label>
								</td>
								
								<td valign="top">
									<a><p style="background:#ffffff;">I am...</p></a>
									<a href=""><p>an artist.</p></a>
									<a href=""><p>an educator.</p></a>
									<a href=""><p>a student.</p></a>
									<a href=""><p>a curator.</p></a>
									<a href=""><p>other...</p></a>
								</td>
							</tr>
						</table>
						
						<table>
							<tr>
								<td style="width:120px !important;"></td>
 								<td valign="top">
  									<label for="comments">Message:</label>
								</td>
							</tr>
								
							<tr>
								<td style="width:120px !important;"><input type="submit" value="Submit"></td>
								<td valign="top">
									<textarea name="comments" maxlength="1000" cols="44" rows="19"></textarea>
								</td>								
							</tr>
						</table>
					</form>
	   			</div>