Passing a value between pages during navigation

STOP THE PRESSES...I GOT IT!

Michael,

You were right, I just, as usual, didn't provide enough info.

These were my original navlinks:

echo '<a href="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?curPage='.($curPage-1).'"> Back </a>';
echo '<a href="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?curPage='.($curPage+1).'"> Next </a>';

All I had to do was implement your suggestion properly into my code. The navlinks are contained inside php tags, so all I had to do was amend the links thus:

echo '<a href="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?curPage='.($curPage-1).'&ct='.($spec).' "> Back </a>';
echo '<a href="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?curPage='.($curPage+1).'&ct='.($spec).' "> Next </a>';

And voila, the code WORKS, it carries the original query string back and forth DELIGHTFULLY, which then helps to keep my title and header information in place during navigation. Here's the complete navcode:

<div id="header4">
    <p>Displaying <?php echo $startRow+1;
          if ($startRow+1 < $galTotal) {
            echo ' to ';
            if ($startRow+SHOWMAX < $galTotal) {
              echo $startRow+SHOWMAX;
              }
            else {
              echo $galTotal;
              }
            }
          echo " of $galTotal";
          if ($curPage > 0) {
                      echo '<a href="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?curPage='.($curPage-1).'&ct='.($spec).' "> Back </a>';
                      }
          if ($startRow+SHOWMAX < $galTotal) {
                      echo '<a href="'.$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'].'?curPage='.($curPage+1).'&ct='.($spec).' "> Next </a>';
                      }
          ?> &#183; <a href="categories.php?c=1">Categories</a> &#183; <a href="main.php">Home</a></p></div>

I owe you big time. Not only you but Bregent as well. Your constant support and suggestions led me to figuring this out.

YOURE ALL AWESOME!!!

Most sincerely,

wordman