would the same apply if my form was html? (ie: form.html, submit.php (processes form data & sends autorespond message) & verify.php (activated when link in autorespond message is sent. verifies user)? thanks!!! [!--quoteo(post=381425:date=Jun 8 2006, 11:00 AM:name=poirot)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(poirot @ Jun 8 2006, 11:00 AM) [snapback]381425[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] I can't understand your problem, but you can use $_GET and $_POST to pass data across scripts; that's the point of using them. Inserting it to a database is just a "next level" thing. But you don't need a db if you're just passing it. Like: form.php [code]<form action="verify.php" method="post"> <input type="text" name="hello"> <input type="submit"> </form>[/code] verify.php [code]<?php echo $_POST['hello']; ?>[/code] If you write "hello there", verify php will echo out "hello there". [/quote]