scripts not accepting arguments in url

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Hi everyone,

My php (version 4.3.5 installed on win xp) is not accepting parameters in the url.. (for example when i call the script like this ->

http://localhost/projectzend/download.php?SA=123456&DB=hello

the script shows an error saying undefined variables (bcoz im trying to access these two parameters)..

the same script works well on my linux server - so i assume its a config issue.

I have tried to look for the option to change but not sure which one to alter, so i played around with the option (changed to ON and OFF)
always_populate_raw_post_data .. but still there is no change.

what exactly do i have to do to enable my php scripts to accept these arguments in my url? - by the way are these what we call - post parameter arguments?

just for the sake of clarity i have copied the contents of phpinfo() of my server here (sorry if its messy)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

PHP Version 4.3.5

System Windows NT KEN 5.1 build 2600
Build Date Mar 25 2004 15:16:49
Server API CGI/FastCGI
Virtual Directory Support enabled
Configuration File (php.ini) Path C:\WINDOWS\php.ini
PHP API 20020918
PHP Extension 20020429
Zend Extension 20021010
Debug Build no
Thread Safety enabled
Registered PHP Streams php, http, ftp, compress.zlib

This program makes use of the Zend Scripting Language Engine:
Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2004 Zend Technologies


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

PHP Credits

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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PHP Core
Directive Local Value Master Value
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arg_separator.input & &
arg_separator.output & &
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error_log no value no value
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highlight.html #000000 #000000
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ignore_repeated_errors Off Off
ignore_repeated_source Off Off
ignore_user_abort Off Off
implicit_flush Off Off
include_path .;c:\php4\pear .;c:\php4\pear
log_errors Off Off
log_errors_max_len 1024 1024
magic_quotes_gpc On On
magic_quotes_runtime Off Off
magic_quotes_sybase Off Off
max_execution_time 30 30
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open_basedir no value no value
output_buffering no value no value
output_handler no value no value
post_max_size 8M 8M
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ctype
ctype functions enabled


ftp
FTP support enabled


mysql
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odbc
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ODBC library Win32

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overload
User-Space Object Overloading Support enabled


pcre
PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) Support enabled
PCRE Library Version 4.5 01-December-2003


session
Session Support enabled
Registered save handlers files user

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session.bug_compat_warn On On
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session.gc_probability 1 1
session.name PHPSESSID PHPSESSID
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session.serialize_handler php php
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session.use_trans_sid Off Off


standard
Regex Library Bundled library enabled
Dynamic Library Support enabled
Internal Sendmail Support for Windows enabled

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safe_mode_allowed_env_vars PHP_ PHP_
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tokenizer
Tokenizer Support enabled


wddx
WDDX Support enabled
WDDX Session Serializer enabled


xml
XML Support active
XML Namespace Support active
EXPAT Version 1.95.6


zlib
ZLib Support enabled
Compiled Version 1.1.4
Linked Version 1.1.4

Directive Local Value Master Value
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zlib.output_compression_level -1 -1
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HTTP_ACCEPT */*
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_SERVER["argv"] Array
(
)

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set register_globals to On.. but this will result in a security hole... so leave in on Off but use $_GET['variable_name'];
so that should work..
 
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