Ok guys, after much searching ( mostly randomly ) I've come to you lot.
basically, I have pretty java buttons, for the kids. but I need them to pass the session ID with the URL. eg
<applet code="fphover.class" codebase="./" width="129" height="24">
<param name="color" value="#000080">
<param name="hovercolor" value="#0000FF">
<param name="textcolor" value="#FFFFFF">
<param name="effect" value="glow">
<param name="text" value="View Share Prices">
<param name="target" value="_self">
<param name="url" valuetype="ref" value="Shares.php?' . SID . '">
</applet>
now this was taken from
echo '<br /><a href="index.php?' . SID . '">page 2</a>'
which works, now this may show an unholy lack of knowledge on my part, bu can this be done ( or even understood? 😛 )
John