How to pass/access form data with Quickform???

Hi! I'm sorry, but I have some problems how to use Quickform. I've found the examples, but a real tutorial or doc would be nicer... So perhaps, someone can help me out. I just want to create a 'normal' form, validating some fields and passing the data to another php-file. How can I do that? Right now I can instatiate a new Form and give the argument where to pass the data! Thats ok, but then validating doesnt work! And how can I access the data on the second page? For example: Getting the name on teh second page: I do: Var_dump($name); I get an result, but like this array(2) { ["last"]=> string(4) "Schneider" ["first"]=> string(7) "Jochen" } I just want to get the value and not how long this string is!!! Hope someone is getting my trouble and can help me!! PLz!! :-) Thx in advance Jochen Schneider