On Jan 30, 2008 9:09 PM, Janet N <janet9k@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Because there is not enough to each step to justify a full web page devoted > to it alone, I have decided to keep all steps on one page. even if you manage this with a single php file, you should consider showing only the relevant form for the given segment of the overall process to the user. as a simple approach, you might have 2 functions, partA() and partB(); the former would produce the first form, the later the second. this is not exactly what i would do, but it should give you the idea of splitting things up in your code. > Is there any way to use the "hidden" attribute of HTML variables to prevent > the output message from overwriting the page? that will allow you to have fields that do not display visibly but can pass data to and from the browser like the other form inputs. you cannot use this to capture data from a second form on the same page. as far as i know, only the form information of the form corresponding to the submit button that was pressed will be sent to the server. if you have another form on the page, even if it has data filled in, that data will not be sent to the server when the submit button of another form is pressed. you can see a simple example here: http://nathan.moxune.com/testForm.php?blah=sdfg exactly what type of output message is overwriting the page? -nathan -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php