stuck building a dropdown list

Anon

I've got a search engine that works fine but what I'd like to do is add a drop down list of categories for users to refine their search. But Im having a problem displaying these categories in one box. Heres what ive got:
?>Please choose a category:<br><?php
$i = 0;
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result1)) {
$cid = $row["cid"];
$category = $row["category"];

$category = stripslashes($category);
$category=ucwords($category);

?>
<select name="catsearch">
<option value=" <?php echo $row['cid'] ?>"><?php echo $row['category'] ?>
</option>
</select><br>
<?php
$i++;

}
I understand that because the 'select & option' is within the loop I see what I see, but how do you get around this?

Anon

AHAH solved it.
For those interested heres how I got around it.

// Loop and echo category list from $sql1
?> <body bgcolor="#6699CC">
<form name="search" method="post" action="search.php" >
<select size=1 name="catlist">
<option SELECTED value="">Choose a category
<option value="">-------------
<?php
while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result1)){
$cid = $row["cid"];
$category = $row["category"];

$category = stripslashes($category);
$category=ucwords($category);
echo("<OPTION VALUE='$cid'>$category\n");
}
?>
</select>