> Thanks so much but I am so new to all this so need more explanation please. > I think at this point I don't mind the round trip to the server side till I > find a better way. But for now I think I have what you are suggesting but > then why my "echo" is not retuning anything : > <form name="fcountry" method="post" action="$PHP_SELF"> > <?php require("country_build.php");?> > <input type="text" name="newcountry" value=""> > <?php echo $_POST['newcountry'];?> > </form> Well, there is no value assgined to $_POST['newcountry'] in your example. How are you getting a value to that form field? dave