Stange error.. Any ideas?

I recently reinstall PHP (latest) & apache (1.3) again on my computer for testing reasons.

But the strangest thing is happening all of a sudden.. Say I have a PHP script as follows:

<?php

if(!isset($test)) $test = 1;
echo("Test = $test");

And try to access the page like so:
localhost/test.php?test=45

It will always say "Test = 1" no matter what I type when accessing the page..

I put the same file up on my hosted domain and it works 100%, so it's something with my conf..

any ideas?

Thanks!
Nate S.

register_globals is probably off, this means that you will have to access POST and GET variables using:

if(!isset($_GET['test'])) $_GET['test'];
echo ("Test = $_GET['test']");

You can turn it off in your php.ini, although it is advised not to due to security reasons. Check out http://php.data.bg/manual/en/security.registerglobals.php

Thanks for the quick reply mahers! I'll most likely use your method since it seems more secure..

Regards,
Nate S.