Passing advcheckbox correctly with HTML_quickform

I'm adding advcheckboxes dynamically to my form like this: $skills[] = &HTML_QuickForm::createElement('advcheckbox', $row['skillid'], null,'<b>'.$row['skillname'].'</b>'.' : '.$row['description']); This is working ok, I'm adding the right number of advcheckboxes which are in my skills table. What I want to do next is get the boxes checked and save them to another table.. function testadd($vars) { //$s=$var['$skills']; var_dump($var['skills']); $types=array('integer','integer'); /*if (isset($s)) { foreach($s as $s_id) { echo "$var['userid'] and $s_id"; } }*/ } That is what I have, but the var_dump returns NULL... so how can I correctly pass the name of each advcheckbox checked?? I haven't stated the value of each advcheckbox as the name includes the 'skillid' which is what I want to save... Thanks www.bitesoftware.com - software for a better lifestyle _________________________________________________________________ Find Singles In Your Area Now With Match.com! msnuk.match.com