Not able to pass variables to pages?

[javed]

Hello folks, Just now I have installed PHP4, mysql nad Apache 1.3 under windows me. Now whe I try to pass the variables of one page to another (i.e named fields) I dont get the variables contets in next page, though It does shows them in the URL bar. What could be the problem? Please help me out.

[junebug]

first of all, check and see if the variables are getting passed into the page by checking the value of:

$HTTP_GET_VARS['var']

substitute 'var' with the variable name you passed.

[javed]

Thanks Chris for helping me. But still the problem exist.
Say suppose I have these two files :

;First File : Putdata.php
<form name="frmputdata" action="getdata.php" method="get">
<input type="text" name="nm" size="30">
<input type="password" name="ps" size="30">
<input type="submit" value="SUBMIT">
</form>

And the second file
;getdata.php
<?
$name = $HTTP_GET_VARS["nm"];
$pass = $HTTP_GET_VARS["ps"];
echo "Login Name : " . $name; echo "<br>";
echo "Password : " . $pass; echo "<br>";
?>

While this works. It assign the values of these two vars nm and ps to
name and pass in this way. But if I use simply nm and ps in my program
without the use of $HTTP_GET_VARS it does not shows anything. I mean
I get empty vars in the second file. I have also tried to change the extension of the file to PHP3 or even PHP4 but nevertheless the problem does not get solved by doing this. Is something wrong with my PHP
installation? Please guide me. Thanks.

Javed.