bit of trouble with a forum

[jerrylouise]

//****************** Class: search box *********************************//
$issearch = $_POST['search_box'];
echo "<form name=\"search\" action=\"index.php?search=".$issearch."\" method=\"post\">";
if ($_GET['search'])
	{
	echo "<span class=\"button\"><a href=\"index.php\">Done</a></span><br />Search results for ";
	echo "<strong>".$post."</strong>";
	}
else 
	{
	echo "<input type=\"text\" name=\"search_box\" value=\"\">";
	echo '&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<input type="submit" value="Search" style="cursor: pointer" class="button_submit" onmouseover="this.className=\'button_submit_hover\'" onmouseout="this.className=\'button_submit\'" alt="search">';
	echo "</form>";
	}
//****************** END Class: search box ******************************//

problem is i need to submit the form twice in a row before index.php?search will = the input >.<

[jerrylouise]

Full code available here, quite a few little blocks to make one big block of coding.

http://dev.cossycomforts.com/mail.zip