unexpected return from $_POST['foo']

Given a page containing a form which posts data to another page... <HTML> <BODY> Please enter a string.<BR> <FORM method="post" action="nextpage.php"> <INPUT type="text" name="wakka"> <INPUT type="submit" name="submit"> </FORM> </BODY> </HTML> And a page which accepts this data... <HTML> <BODY> <?PHP echo $_POST['wakka']; ?> </BODY> </HTML> If I type "blueberry_muffins" into the text field and click submit, the resulting output is as follows... blueberry_muffinswakka=blueberry_muffins However the output I expected was, of course... blueberry_muffins Have you ever seen anything like this? Am I doing something wrong? Do you need more information? Thanks! :) Kyle W. Cartmell - a mildly confused PHP newb