sahlahmin

Ok guys, I figured out what the problem was. I guess I wasn't previewing the page through a URL, and using the preview in Firefox method in Dreamweaver. Thanks again everyone for your time.

kenrbnson, I think this is the line your talking about... <form action="handle_form.php" method="post"> its the only line in either document that links the two scripts together, other then them being in the same folder. phpfreaks, I tried $_POST, same results

where would phpinfo(); fit within the php tags of the code that i posted? can you post an example of what your talking about? I'm pretty new to php.

when submitting information from the HTML form , the echo function is printing part of the message literally, and then just not the rest, like this... Thank you, $name, for the following comments: $comments We will reply to you at $email. "; ?>

Not sure why the PHP variables in the code below aren't interpreting the values that they should be receiving from the HTML form. HTML form <form action="handle_form.php" method="post"> <fieldset><legend>Enter your information in the form below</legend> <p><b>Name:</b> <input type="text" name="name" size="20" maxlength="40" /></p> <p><b>Email Address:</b> <input type="text" name="email" size="40" maxlength="60" /></p> <p><b>Gender:</b> <input type="radio" name="gender" value="M" /> Male <input type="radio" name="gender" value="F" /> Female</p> <p><b>Age:</b> <select name="age"> <option value="0-29">Under 30</option> <option value="30-60">Between 30 and 60</option> <option value="60+">Over 60</option> </select> </p> <p><b>Comments:</b> <textarea name="comments" rows="3" cols="40"></textarea></p> </fieldset> <div align="center"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Sumbit My Information" /></div> </form> PHP handle_form <?php #Script 2.2 handle_form.php $name = $_REQUEST['name']; $email = $_REQUEST['email']; $comments = $_REQUEST['comments']; echo "<p>Thank you, <b>$name</b>, for the following comments:<br /> <tt>$comments</tt></p> <p> We will reply to you at <i>$email</i>.</p>"; ?>