PHP Error with IIS.

I am using PHP 4.2.1 w/ IIS on XP.
When i run a simple script which i actually copied from a tutorial i have I get a Variable NOT Found error.

all the code that is there is

-html-
-?php
echo($name);
?-
-/html-

I eliminated proper tags not knowing how this message board will react to html tags.

where you would call the file as such
myfile.php?name=MyName

And i constantly get Variable not found. I am confused about this. Anyone know how to fix it.

IF THE PAGE DOESNT LOAD MY COMPUTER COULD BE OFF

I just installed all this just to learn PHP, instead of paying for webspace to learn. Also i dont need a internet connection then to learn.

Ritesh

Sounds like you have your error reporting set too high in your php.ini file

set it to the following and you should be fine

error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE

HTH

Gary Mailer