Hi I'm a bit stuck on session var, and thier implamentation, or my perseption thier of. I have a page and need certian vars to be persistat each time the page is called. This is done to detmin the content of the page through logic that calls different includes. But I cant get the vars to be persistant. note the page call it's self. ./index.php <?php session_start(); $_SESSION['menu'] ?> <html><A href=./index.php?menu=1>option 1</A></html> // this works <html><A href=./index.php?other=do>differnt action</A></html> // this brakes it . when the user links here the 'menu' var is cleared <?php $_SESSION['menu'] = $_GET['menu']; echo $_SESSION['menu']; ?> I would like the menu var (and others) to be persistant until it is reset or updated. how do I acheave this . Thanks -- Gregory Machin greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx gregory.machin@xxxxxxxxx www.linuxpro.co.za www.exponent.co.za Web Hosting Solutions Scalable Linux Solutions www.iberry.info (support and admin) +27 72 524 8096