parsing value by URL

hello list, I have a problem in passing the value to another PHP script from the first one. can any one help me to debug it. I generate the following URL from first script to pass two variables to next script. But the values are not passed on. But the URL invokes the second script (ya with out parsing the variables). NOTE: the url which is sent to browser is FINE and looks like this http://gowtham/forphp/detailedresults.php?name=testrun_hetero_srtdout&firstfile=hello But I am not able to print the variables $name and $firstfile many thanks in advance gowtham scripts are Script 1 ______________________ <FORM ACTION="<?php echo $PHP_SELF ?>" METHOD="POST" ENCTYPE="text/plain"> <?php if(isset($_POST['submit'])) { does many things $detail_file='testrun_hetero_srtdout'; echo "<A HREF=\"http:/gowtham/forphp/detailedresults.php?name=$detail_file&firstfile=$files\"> clik to see detailed page</A>" } script 2 _________________________________________ second script ... that is detailedresults.php <?php print $name; print "$name"; ?> -- Ra. Gowthaman, Graduate Student, Bioinformatics Lab, Malaria Research Group, ICGEB , New Delhi. INDIA Phone: 91-9811261804 91-11-26173184; 91-11-26189360 #extn 314