Sharing form information

Hi, Hopefully I didn't send this to the wrong list...:-) I have a couple of questions if you don't mind... the PHP help files seem to be very vague with respect to html issues. Questions: How can I get the "selected" info from a selectbox that is in another form on the same page... I've tried everything I know to be able to get this. For instance, if a selectbox is part of $f1 and I'm submitting using $f2, how can I get the selection from the $f1 selectbox and use it in my $f2? Also, how can I insert a "textbox" or other items into a cell? The input_text belongs to $f2 and I need to insert it into a cell. for example the following doesn't work properly as it inserts it, but on a submit.. again the values don't belong to $f2. insert($t,$c = cell()); insert($c, input_text(array("name"=>"matrix", "value"=>"$ohms", "size"=>"15", "maxlength"=>"15")))); Thanks.