Sorry about this question "Im a novice at this " Ok read all the info on this special variable but i still havent got a clue what they are on about "Duh" yeah i know but if someone can put this into plain english for me it would be helpfull 1: What does it do i see this included in forms for submission of values acording to one tut it does the following but im still perplexed by this As follows Also note the use of the variable $PHP_SELF. This variable, which stores the script's name and location, is passed along with every PHP page. It's helpful here because we just want this file to call itself. Using $PHP_SELF, we can be sure that will happen, even if the file is moved to another directory - or even another machine. 2: Where would i use this and why would I use this. Whats its purpose can any one give me an explained example " may be an algorithm or something " >From what I understand is that if you use this on one php script then calling another script with the variable $PHP_SELF contained within will remember the previous script " <<< Now im really confused !! Manythanks Mark mark@harrington.force9.co.uk "Having to teach myself due to cost of university fees in the UK " Excuse mysarcasm "Chucle chuckle " I know its a bit dry -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php