what the heck? update

I changed method to GET and the value of $lastname seems to be getting passed but so is $submit, with the value "Search for Last Name" as you might expect. Probably this ain't the answer Matthew Crouch wrote: > this bit from my index page is giving me 2 headaches: > 1. it isn't passing anything into the URL > 2. the page that gets called ("name.php") sits and tries to load > forever. it looks like it's even filling up my hard drive with data (?!) > > Note: it does this (#2) even if I type in the URL with a variable and > value, like "name.php?lastname=smith" > > <? > printf ("<form method=\"post\" > action=\"name.php?lastname=%s\">", > $lastname); > ?> > <div align="center"> > <input type="Text" name="lastname" size="75"> > <input type="Submit" name="submit" value="Search for Last > Name"> > </div> > </form> > </div>