PHP Newbee Question

Hello All, I am new to PHP, and I am trying to design what I thought would be a fairly simple form, that queries a MYSQL database for two fields, (first, and last name). It should then return the entire results of the entry in the table. This part is actually 5 fields. If I run the script with static entries for "first", and "last", the process work flawlessly (as it should). If I try using variables for the search values, I do not receive any results. I have tried changing the form method from post, to get, and the problem continues. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. The first grouping is the html form, the second set is the php form that actually performs the search. Also the username, and password are populated in the actual script, I just took them out for the email. Thanks again. <html> <head><title>Contact lookup form</title></head> <body> <form action="test.php" method="post"> First Name: <input type="text" name="first"><br> Last Name: <input type="text" name="last"><br> <input type="submit" value="lookup"> </form> </body> </html> <?php define ('mysql_host', 'localhost'); define ('mysql_user', ''); define ('mysql_pass', ''); define ('mysql_db', 'chs'); if (! mysql_connect(mysql_host, mysql_user, mysql_pass) ) { die('Failed to connect to host " ' . mysql_host . ' " . '); } else { echo '' . mysql_host . '<br>'; } mysql_select_db(mysql_db); if ($http_get_vars['first'] && $http_get_vars['last']) { echo $http_get_vars['first'] . ' ' . $http_get_vars['last'] . '<br>'; } $result=mysql_query("select * from chs where first='$first' or last='$last'"); echo "<h2 align='center'>Results</h2>"; while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { echo "<b>{$row['first']}&nbsp{$row['last']}&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp{$row['branch']}&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp{$row['extension']}&nbsp&nbsp &nbsp{$row['voice_mail']}&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp{$row['position']}</b> <br>"; } ?> Jeffrey Norsworthy MCP, CCNA Network Administrator Community Health Services norswj@chsmaine.org