hi, In php3, you can use $xxx to get the value the the xxx's value in the html form which has the name "xxx" on matter what the submit method is; in php4, I get nothing through this method, here is the part of the source code: <form method="get" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF; ?>" target="_self"> <input type="text" name="xxx".... <?php echo $xxx; ?> My develop evironment: Win2k Srv + PHP4 + Apache -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]