pass a message from PHP to Html

[shlomo_1]

i have written 2 files. one is a PHP and the other one is Html (form file).
i have echoed in PHP as follows:
<? php
$message = $_POST['stop here'];
echo $message ;
<?
i want to send this message to an Html form file, as a text. i tired to put it in the form as follows:
<p><input type="text" name="message" value="<?php echo $message;?>" size="75"></p>
it does not work.

[rubberman]

You aren't providing enough information. Please post both pages here in their entirety.

[Andrea_4]

Try
<?PHP global $message; ?>
.... in html before everything