Problem posting variables

I am trying to create a form to enter orders for eBay auctions into a mySQL database. The first step, here: http://www.wholesalemegastore.com/ebay/step1.php3 looks up the auction in a table, and displays our part number as well as the description in step two using printf("%s\n", $myrow["variable_name"]); I wish to post these to step3.php3 using <input type=hidden name="variable_name" value="<? echo $variable_name ?>"> in step two, and to display these variables in step three using echo "$variable_name\n"; but the values don't seem to show up. Everything else shows up but these two variables. Any suggestions? If you want to try it you can use auction 491469283. I haven't coded for Continue button so you would need to press "Finished" in step two. Thanks, Brandon Luehrs Wholesale Goods www.wholesalemegastore.com