Variables drop into abyss

[Anon]

I just installed PHP 4.1.2 and now none of my variables are getting to my php from the forms.
Example:

This form takes 2 numbers and sends them to calculate.php (which adds them).

<FORM METHOD="post" ACTION="calculate.php">

<P># 1: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="val1" SIZE=10></p>

<P># 2: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="val2" SIZE=10></p>

<P><INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="submit" VALUE="Add"></p>

</FORM>

calculate.php doesn't receive any variables. I did <? echo $val1 ?> and got nothing.

Please help!

[dannys]

try:

<? echo $_REQUEST['val1'] ?>

[Anon]

That works, but why doesn't it work the way it's supposed to work?

[Anon]

Read this:

http://www.php.net/release_4_1_0.php

Especially the section on "New Input Mechanism"

Diego