Problem in reading form's objects

[SiMZ]

Hi,

I am running PHP in Windows 2000 with IIS.
If i get the form's object of some other page as $Text1 then it doesn't work. But if I read it with $POST("Text1") then it works. Is this problem due to platform?
$Text1 should work as well, as it is a valid syntax.
More interesting thing $POST("Text1") doesn't work in some systems esp. Linux.

Is there some way I could use one thing which runs perfectly on both the OS?

Thanks.

[Pig]

$var vs. $_POST['var'] has nothing to do with the platform. It is an issue of having globals turned on in the .ini file.

[SiMZ]

Which .ini file to modify and how?
Also after changing directories, the form's objects are not retrieved. What could be the problem?

Thanks.

[laserlight]

You should use $POST['element_name'], not $POST('element_name') or $element_name.

$element_name can be used if register_globals is set as on (read this forum's FAQ for more info), but nowadays it is regarded as bad practice to use incoming variables that way.