Hello everyone, I appriciate that a place like this excists, so thanks in advance for the help. Anyhow, I'm just getting started with learning PHP, and I've gotten everything installed with MySQL, have figrured out how to pass stuff into and out of the database, so thats why im so confused why I'm not getting this simple thing working. Here is a sample code of the problem: ======[ variable.php ]======= <html> <body> <?php if ($submit) { echo "Something Submitted"; } else{ echo "Nothing Submitted"; } php?> </body> </html> ==========[ END FILE ]========= Now basically what I need to have happen is when i do this: http://localhost/variable.php?submit=1 or whatever it posts "Something Submitted", yet all i get is "Nothing Submitted", dosen't matter what I try, this always happenes. I'm wondering if its some kind of option in PHP that i'm missing or what. I'm running PHP Version 5.1.4, and again, all help is greatly appriciated. Gissur Simonarson