grabbing variables from the query string

Hi, How do you grab variables from a query string in a URL? I've used this with ASP and it would be done as follows: firstName = request.querystring("fName") I've tried different variations of this in my PHP pages but I can't seem to get it to work. I've looked in the PHP manual but can't find any information relating to the query string. Thanks. Jamie Saunders Mail: webprogramming@jamie-s.co.uk Web: http://jamie-s.co.uk