No data transfer - Please help!

[agerhard]

I just started in PHP and it's really fun.
But the data sent by a formular isn't available in the next
PHP-script.
Example:
<form method="POST" action="phpinfo.php">
<input type="TEXT" name="data">
<input type="submit">
</form>

---> Now I can see the "data" in the phpinfo.php which includes the phpinfo()-command.

But if I want to Print the data with the echo command like

<?php
<echo "this is the $data";
?>

everytime I get the message

Undefined variable: data in c:\php4-scripte\p-4-1.php on line x

Please help me - does the installation doesn't work?
Is there a big systematical fault.

[bastien]

<?php
echo "this is the $_POST['data'] ;
?>

or use $_GET['data'] if you use the GET method