URL - value passing

hello,
i have a script where the same url page is emailed to 3 different people. the e-mail works fine.i have stored the email addresses of these ppl in $first, $second, $third. what i am doing is appending $first at the end of my url address to pass its value to my next page for example: www.abc.com/xyz.php?id=$id&$first
however i am unsuccessful in passing $first because i tested it and it does not echo in my second page, however the id does.
is there another way to do it
thanks

try it like this - www.abc.com/xyz.php?id=$id&first=$first

you could also insert a hidden field on your 2nd page like, <input type="hidden" name="first" value="$first">

i could not get it to work notepad.
$first, etc. do not exists in my database. they are variables that i am creating in the script

are you defining it before passing? this should work..

i suppose it could possibly be a register_globals problem?

If it is a register_globals() problem, you will need to access the variable using either $_POST['first'] or $_GET['first'] depending on which method you use.