# Component help

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-help/108227>\
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**Created:** [April 22, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-help/108227 "2004-04-22T20:48:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![harpman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f04885/32.png) [@harpman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/harpman)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/component-help/108227/1 "2004-04-22T20:48:22Z")

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Hi I am making a contact form using flash mx.  
There are various inputs e.g. name, email etc  
I give each input box a var name that the php script can read so for example if the var name of the email input is called “inputEmal” i can refer to it in the PHP script by writing - Email: $inputEmail  
I can do all this fine on my own and it works great.

However I want to use a flash ui component namely the combo box. But I do not know how to refer to it in the php script as I dont know how to give the comboBox a var name. I cab give it an instance name but this does not work as the php script wont process it.

Does any one know what I should do.

Thanks.