this will tell you alot about your server:
<?php
echo "<html>\n
<head>\n
<title>Envrionment Variables</title>\n
</head>\n
<body>\n
<h1>Envrionment vars:</h1>\n
<table border=\"1\" bgcolor=\"lightblue\">\n";
foreach($_ENV as $key=>$value){
echo "<tr><td>".$key.": </td><td>".$value."</td></tr>\n";
}
echo "</table>\n
<hr />\n";
echo '<h1>Request vars:</h1>'."\n".'
<table border="1" bgcolor="lightyellow" width="100%">'."\n";
foreach($_REQUEST as $key=>$value){
echo "<tr><td>".$key.": </td><td>".$value."</td></tr>\n";
}
echo "</table>\n
<hr />\n";
echo '<h1>Server vars:</h1>'."\n".'
<table border="1" bgcolor="cyan">'."\n";
foreach($_SERVER as $key=>$value){
echo "<tr><td>".$key.": </td><td>".$value."</td></tr>\n";
}
echo "</table>\n
</body>\n
</html>";
phpinfo();
?>
the envrionment variables are stored in the $_ENV superglobal.