note 23772 added to faq.using

why is it that while php can run perfectly with apache on my winME computer, and that it can run some simple php scripts without variables/interaction neatly (e.g. hello world), but it cannot handle variables (e.g. notice: unspecified variable blah blah blah... displayed on browser when loading the script) and sometimes give error 500? -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/faq.using.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+23772 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+23772 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+23772