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thanks for your help. i think i got it. my first attempt didn't work

<?php

$email = $_GET['email'];

?>

and it didn't fill in the form cause well duh, i didn't make the value to be
<?php echo $_GET["email"]; ?

or <php>$email</php> as in your example.

thank you .

one last test and i think i got this.

alright well those didnt work so what i did was just

<input name=email value="<?php echo $_GET["email"]; ?>">

thanks for your help johnfoe