PHP and forms giving me a headache.

My host is using PHP 3.0.16. Riddle me this: 00:37:46 /home/tdavis> grep track_vars /usr/local/lib/php3.ini track_vars = On ; ... 00:38:47 /home/tdavis> grep register_globals /usr/local/lib/php3.ini Alright. track_vars is on, and register_globals is unset and thus defaults to off. If I have a form that submits via the POST method, with a text input named "dumbthing", then $HTTP_POST_VARS['dumbthing'] is not set, even though track_vars is on. What's more, the global variable $dumbthing *is* set, even though register_globals is off. If I put <?php_track_vars?> into my pages, then things work as expected. Any clue why? And one other thing. Why does this work: <?php_track_vars?> But this doesn't: <? php_track_vars ?> And this doesn't: <? php_track_vars; ...more_scripting_here... ?> Why the different syntax for this one thing anyway? -- Troy D. Davis tdavis@tdavis.org tdavis@geeks.linux.com http://www.tdavis.org/ tdavis@spacemoose.com