Form does not send variables

[trangor]

I have just started programming PHP, but I cannot get a form to function. I have pasted in the first example from my literature, but that does not work as well.

PHP is running, and working. The problem is that the variables the form sends to a php script doesn't seem to be read by the script. The variables values are still 0.

I am using windows XP. Might it be something in my configuration of XP, or should I try to solve the problem by configuring the php.ini file?

[rIkLuNd]

If register_globals is set to 'Off' in your php.ini, you have to use the $GET or $POST variables, depending on the form method.

// this is the form tag for the form
// <form action="file.php" method="post">
// I've got a field called 'name', and will
// print it like this:

echo $_POST['name'];

// if the form method is 'get' then use $_GET instead of $_POST