Date:	2003-01-08 16:07
Subject:
Security:	Public
Mood:	aggravated

hey! im brand new at php, but i think im doing everything right and nothing is working. here is my problem:

im running apache 1.3.x and php 4.3. im doing some lessons off of sitepoint and some out of a php book. both cases involve passing a variable off from either a link (on sitepoint) or a form (from my book). in both instances php returns somthing like this:

Warning: Undefined variable: name in c:/program files/apache group/apache/htdocs/hi.php on line 4
Welcome to our Web site, !

the code i used in the html is:


(a href="hi.php?name=Kevin") Hi, I'm Kevin! (/a)


i used the () because im too lazy to do it the right way!

and the php file i used is


echo( "Welcome to our Web site, $name!" );

surrounded by the php declarations

so what am i doing wrong? do i have php set up wrong? it has worked fine for stuff like phpinfo and even variables that arnt being passed to it.

thanks in advance laters!

update i installed the newest version of php and apache 2 and it still wont work!!! argh!!!! its like apache is not passing on the variable! help!!!!!