problem with form variables

Well, now PHP is being parsed, but I have a problem with variables: they are not being automatically set by PHP. I have created a very simple html form (copied from php.net) index.html ----------------------------------------------- <form action="action.php" method="post"> Your name: <input type="text" name="name"> You age: <input type="text" name="age"> <input type="submit"> </form> ----------------------------------------------- action.php ----------------------------------------------- Hi <?php echo $name; ?>. You are <?php echo $age; ?> years old. ----------------------------------------------- The result is (error messages activated): ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Hi "Warning: Undefined variable: name in c:\apache group\apache\htdocs\action.php on line 1" You are "Warning: Undefined variable: age in c:\apache group\apache\htdocs\action.php on line 2" years old. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ I added <?php phpinfo(); ?> to action.php. The variables and their values are there: _POST["name"] Laura _POST["age"] 21 but, they are not recognized inside the PHP code. :( Laura