Lost Variables

First -- thank you for reading my post. I am using the general strategy suggested by Jay (thanks, Jay) to process my form in another procedure. It's listed below. In my processStuff.php program, I use the following code: $attributes = array(); $attributes = array_merge($attributes,$HTTP_POST_VARS, $HTTP_GET_VARS); extract($attributes, EXTR_PREFIX_SAME, "this"); I want to load my numerous post variables into regular memory variables (or whatever the php nomenclature is) -- e.g. $_POST['action'] becomes $action. It doesn't seem to working according to the manual. I list my $HTTP_SESSION_VARS, there are none. I would appreciate anyone taking the time to explain to me how this works. Either it's stupid or I'm stupid. I'm figuring it's me. Monique. <form method="post" name="form1" action="processStuff.php"> <input type="submit" name="action" value="Add Record"> <input type="submit" name="action" value="Delete Record"> In processStuff.php <?php switch ($_POST['action']){ case "Add Record": ...do stuff... ..redirect back to original page... break; case "Delete Record": ...do stuff... ..redirect back to original page... break; } ?>