> 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
