Converting Archives to a Drop Down Correctly

Hey Guys,

I’m trying to convert my list of archived months to a dropdown. I’ve gotten it to work, however not 100% correctly. Can someone please explain this function to me:

function wp_widget_archives($args) {
	extract($args);
	$options = get_option('widget_archives');
	$c = $options['count'] ? '1' : '0';
	$d = $options['dropdown'] ? '1' : '0';
	$title = empty($options['title']) ? __('Archives') : $options['title'];

	echo $before_widget;
	echo $before_title . $title . $after_title;

	if($d) {
?>
		<select name="archive-dropdown" onchange='document.location.href=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;'> <option value=""><?php echo attribute_escape(__('Select Month')); ?></option> <?php wp_get_archives("type=monthly&format=option&show_post_count=$c"); ?> </select>
<?php
	} else {
?>
		<ul>
		<?php wp_get_archives("type=monthly&show_post_count=$c"); ?>
		</ul>
<?php
	}

	echo $after_widget;
}

All I’ve done is basically replace:

<?php //wp_get_archives('type=monthly&limit=12&show_post_count=1'); ?>

with:

<?php wp_widget_archives('type=monthly&limit=12&show_post_count=1'); ?>

But that alone isn’t getting it done. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks.