PHP Scripting errors

I have just installed php (along with mysql and apache) on my windows 2K machine and everything seemed to be working correctly. I ran phpinfo() and it returned exactly what I would expect. Possibly since this is my first install of php ever I may not know what I should be looking for. When I ran a form that passed two variables to a receiving php page the page rendered correctly minus the data that should have showed up. I used "get" to pass the variable data and the correct variables were in the url string but not on the page itself. When I posted the two pages at my website (its hosted and I expect set up correctly) the script ran as it should. The data was in the URL and on the page. Below is the form code and then after is the receiving php code. ***** welcomeform.html ***** <html><head><title>Welcome Form</title></head><body> <form action="welcome.php" method="get"> First Name: <input type="text" name="firstname" id="firstname" /><br /> Last Name: <input type="test" name="lastname" id="lastname" /><br /> <input type="submit" value="GO!" /> </form> </body></html> ***** welcome.php ***** <?php echo "Welcome to my Website, $firstname $lastname!" ; ?> If anyone knows why my scripts are running correctly at my hosted site but not locally I'd be very grateful for any pointers. Thanks a lot. -Adam Reiswig