placement of hidden variables

A problem I thought was fixed (thanks to this list) is apparently not. I have two form pages. The first requires every but 1 field to be filled. I have RE to make sure the fields are correct. If they are, it goes to the next form. If not, it goes back indicating which field(s) were incorrect. The next form just makes two fields required and if they are empty (they're select fields), it goes back indicating which field(s) was empty. So, in short I have 4 scripts. One for the first form. That gets sent to a process_form script that checks the fields. If they are not correct, I include() the first form. If they are correct, I include the second form. I put the hidden fields in this form (second) to hold the values of the first form. The second form gets processed by another process_form script that does the same thing as the first process form script. If thats successful, all the fields go into the Mysql db. Everything works fine, unless the user does something wrong on the second form in which case the hidden values get reset. The fields were set upon entering the second form. Where can I put the hidden fields so that they dont get reset. I placed it in the first form and the first process_form script but to no avail. Should I change the way its structured? I cant use sessions or cookies. Thanks. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/