old register globals on problem ISAPI

[broomie]

Its a twist on the old Register_Globals = On/Off issue.

Environment win2k, IIS5, Isapi.dll - php works but

• Phpinfo.php shows globals are off

• Phpini placed in Windows and System32 shows register globals is on - oddly - register_globals = On

I managed to work around this variables issues for a while using -

echo $HTTP_GET_VARS["Hidden1"]; for example

However, when I delve more deeply into my self study book it all starts to go wrong -

$SalaryAllowance = $Salary/5;
$AgeAllowance = ($Age/10 - ($Age%10)/10)-1;
$LoanAllowance = $SalaryAllowance * $AgeAllowance;
echo "Loan wanted:";
echo $HTTP_POST_VARS ["Loan"];
echo "<BR>";
echo "Loan amount we will allow:";
echo $HTTP_POST_VARS ["LoanAllowance"];

here the loan object is passed from html page successfully, but Loan allowance does not display.Any help gladly accepted.

[broomie]

Well I upgraded, phpinfo shows 4.2.2 but does not display any changes I make to php.ini!
Damn nuisance to say the least.