QuickForm - Arrgg!

I'm attempting to write a series of forms to collect a whole bunch of information. Here's the 'plan' Set a session variable 'step' and intialize it to one. In a file do a switch on the value of the session variable and include the correct file form1.php, form2.php etc. dsp_autoQuote - simplified contents: print "<pre>"; print '$_SESSION[step]: ' . $_SESSION['step'] . "\n"; print "</pre>"; switch($_SESSION['step']) { case "1": include("dsp_autoQuote1.php"); break; case "2": include("dsp_autoQuote2.php"); break; case "3": include("dsp_autoQuote3.php"); break; case "4": include("dsp_autoQuote2.php"); break; default: print 'I received step <b>' . $_SESSION['step'] . '</b> that dsp_autoQuote.php does not have a handler for.'; break; } In each file declare a QuickForm and at the bottom have the conditional if($form->validate()) { //do some stuff to save the values submitted off to session variables since they won't be //processed until the final step. //update the session var and call the file with the switch in it again ... the switch will then include //the needed file. I've tried this with a direct include of the lower level file but that doesn't work //either. $_SESSION['step']++; include "dsp_autoQuote.php"; } else { $form->display(); } I'm TOTALLY confused by what's happening. First form comes up fine. $_SESSION['step'] is at 1 and the form displays without any validation errors. When I hit the submit on this form and the validation passes ($form->validate() is true) then things start to go haywire. $_SESSION['step'] displays as 1 but the the switch statement includes the proper file (the second) EXCEPT the validations have failed once. There is the error message on the fields that require validation. If I hit the back button then everything is as is should be on the submit. I realize I'm missing something here and probably having a "brain fart". <whine>HELP</whine>