Re: what the heck? (elementary question)

in you print statement you have ?lastname=%s, shouldn't that be '$s' denoting a variable being passed? Try that out. gl -- Seth 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>