Problem with phpfreaks session tutorial

[mp3mangr]

I will used this code

<?php
// start the session
session_start();
header("Cache-control: private"); //IE 6 Fix

echo "<strong>Step 2 - Register Session </strong><br />";

// Get the user's input from the form
__$name = $POST['name'];

// Register session key with the value
__$SESSION['name'] = $name;

// Display the sssion information:
?>

Welcome to my website <strong><? echo $_SESSION['name']; ?></strong>!<br />
Let's see what happens on the <a href="page3.php">next page.</a><br /><br />

from phpfreaks tutorials and i take this error Parse error: parse error in /var/www/htdocs/sessions_example/page2.php on line 9

I have used the default configurations in php.ini file
what is the problem? please help...
is something that i must change in the configurations (i used php 4.3.3 with slackware 9.1)

[mrhappiness]

you see the underscores in your code?
remove them

[mp3mangr]

oh my god!!! in my php editor the underscores didn't exists... they appeared in copy-paste! thanks a lot.
but it is really strange.