> i don't think so. if the user requests the page "a_form.php" then the > server > will normally execute the a_form.php script regardless whether the form > was > submitted or not. > > to display a blank form, the user probably requests a_form.php with the > GET > method and probably without any GET parameters. the script will run but > $_POST['submit'] is not set. so the script you show above will echo > "Sorry, > couldn't process the form". that will likely confuse the user. > Ok... but please have a look here, I've uploaded and tested that code, and I can assure you that the message doesn't appear when the form first load: http://pastebin.com/m21078fe3 Note: if you use: "copy to clipboard" option the numbers will gone. Regards, Márcio -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php