collect value and pass on

I want to extract the selected value from a dropdown list and then click on a link and transfer that value onto the next page.

how could I make this work....(is using a form absolutely necessary)

<html>

<FORM name="jump2">
<SELECT NAME="user"

<option selected>Please Select..
<option value="http://www.google.com/">google
<option value="http://www.hotmail.com/">hotmail

</select>
</FORM>

</script>

<a href='next.php?name=$x'

</body>
</html>

your form tag does not have the method or the destination

s/b <form name=\'jump2\' action=\'nextpage.php\' method=\'post\'>

could aslo use method=\'get\'

then onthe nextpage.php

use

$user=$_POST['user'] or
$user=$GET['user']

to pull in the value and do whatever you want