ENV VARIABLES DONT WORK IN NEW PHP

[Anon]

hello

anyone know why enviroments variables dont work in php4.1.2 and up.

i.e.
$REMOTE_ADDR dosnt work.

[Anon]

ok i worked it out..

$ip = getenv("REMOTE_ADDR");

[maquelle]

It also worked for me using this syntax:
$ip = getenv(\"REMOTE_ADDR\");
echo $ip;

but not this one:
echo $REMOTE_ADDR;

Why ???