Using the GET Method

01112003 2132 CST Im working on learning PHP4 by reading Beginning PHP 4, Wrox Press. Chapter 3, page 76. Im working with a form field sending data via the GET method. On the first page, you fill in a text field and hit send. That data is sent via the URL. I can see it in the URL, on the next page. The page will not show the data in the variable spot. The Code: Page One <html><head><title></title></head> <body> <form method=get action="text.php> Who is your favorite author? <input name="author" type="text"> <br> <input type=submit> </form> </body></html> Page Two - text.php <html><head><title></title></head> <body> Your favorite author is: <?php echo $author; ?> </body></html> Now, I know PHP is case sensitive and I have been sure to check the $variable in the code. I have worked through some other pages in this book and I downloaded the documentation from the wrox website. Their code is exactly as the book and my own. Im stumbed. Anybody read this book? Can anybody see something wrong? Wade