Bug #17301: Uhh.. just read the description

From: shilo27560@yahoo.com Operating system: Windows 98 PHP version: 4.2.1 PHP Bug Type: Variables related Bug description: Uhh.. just read the description I have recently upgraded to php version 4.2.1 and before that everything was working fine, but now evertime i use a variable which is defined by user input on a seperate html form or gets its value from a query string it get this error: Notice: Undefined variable: room in c:\program files\apache\apache\htdocs\php\index.php on line 10 Notice: Undefined variable: room in c:\program files\apache\apache\htdocs\php\index.php on line 11 even though i reach it like this, http://aptiva/php/index.php?room=Aptiva it still comes out with the same error If you are still unclear what i am trying to say (im not the best at explaining things) then check out the below exapmle of a code that would give me this error: I would type in the url for this script while including the query string of ?username=hi&password=hito which would leed to this script, <? echo" The username is <? echo $username; ?> The Password is <? echo $password; ?> " ?> and i would get the error of : Notice: Undefined variable: username in c:\program files\apache\apache\htdocs\php\index.php on line 3 Notice: Undefined variable: password in c:\program files\apache\apache\htdocs\php\index.php on line 4 Can anyone help me here? PS. i am a twelve year old so be descriptive also i am using apache as my server software -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17301&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17301&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17301&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17301&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17301&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17301&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17301&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17301&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17301&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17301&r=globals