This is common code and I've searched all of the forums and cannot find the answer to fix my problem.

I created 3 pages:

1.) Login

<title>Login</title>
</head>
<?

/**
 * Checks whether or not the given username is in the
 * database, if so it checks if the given password is
 * the same password in the database for that user.
 * If the user doesn't exist or if the passwords don't
 * match up, it returns an error code (1 or 2). 
 * On success it returns 0.
 */
function confirmUser($username, $password){
   global $conn;
   /* Add slashes if necessary (for query) */
   if(!get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
	$username = addslashes($username);
   }

   /* Verify that user is in database */
   $q = "select password from users where username = '$username'";
   $result = mysql_query($q,$conn);
   if(!$result || (mysql_numrows($result) < 1)){
      return 1; //Indicates username failure
   }

   /* Retrieve password from result, strip slashes */
   $dbarray = mysql_fetch_array($result);
   $dbarray['password']  = stripslashes($dbarray['password']);
   $password = stripslashes($password);

   /* Validate that password is correct */
   if($password == $dbarray['password']){
      return 0; //Success! Username and password confirmed
   }
   else{
      return 2; //Indicates password failure
   }
}

/**
 * checkLogin - Checks if the user has already previously
 * logged in, and a session with the user has already been
 * established. Also checks to see if user has been remembered.
 * If so, the database is queried to make sure of the user's 
 * authenticity. Returns true if the user has logged in.
 */
function checkLogin(){
   /* Check if user has been remembered */
   if(isset($_COOKIE['cookname']) && isset($_COOKIE['cookpass'])){
      $_SESSION['username'] = $_COOKIE['cookname'];
      $_SESSION['password'] = $_COOKIE['cookpass'];
   }

   /* Username and password have been set */
   if(isset($_SESSION['username']) && isset($_SESSION['password'])){
      /* Confirm that username and password are valid */
      if(confirmUser($_SESSION['username'], $_SESSION['password']) != 0){
         /* Variables are incorrect, user not logged in */
         unset($_SESSION['username']);
         unset($_SESSION['password']);
         return false;
      }
      return true;
   }
   /* User not logged in */
   else{
      return false;
   }
}

/**
 * Determines whether or not to display the login
 * form or to show the user that he is logged in
 * based on if the session variables are set.
 */
function displayLogin(){
   global $logged_in;
   if($logged_in){
      echo "<h1>Logged In!</h1>";
      echo "Welcome <b>$_SESSION[username]</b>, you are logged in. <a href=\"logout.php\">Logout</a>";
   }
   else{
?>

<form action="" method="post">
<table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
<tr><td colspan="2" align="right"><a href="register.php"><FONT FACE="Rockwell" SIZE="2">New to Grouplete? Register</a></FONT></td></tr>
<tr><td><FONT FACE="Rockwell" SIZE="2">Username</FONT></td><td><input type="text" name="user" maxlength="30"></td></tr>
<tr><td><FONT FACE="Rockwell" SIZE="2">Password</FONT></td><td><input type="password" name="pass" maxlength="30"></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><input type="checkbox" name="remember">
<font size="2"><FONT FACE="Rockwell" SIZE="0">Remember</FONT></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" align="right"><input type="submit" name="sublogin" value="Login"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>


<?
   }
}


/**
 * Checks to see if the user has submitted his
 * username and password through the login form,
 * if so, checks authenticity in database and
 * creates session.
 */
if(isset($_POST['sublogin'])){
   /* Check that all fields were typed in */
   if(!$_POST['user'] || !$_POST['pass']){
      die('You didn\'t fill in a required field.');
   }
   /* Spruce up username, check length */
   $_POST['user'] = trim($_POST['user']);
   if(strlen($_POST['user']) > 30){
      die("Sorry, the username is longer than 30 characters, please shorten it.");
   }

   /* Checks that username is in database and password is correct */
   $md5pass = md5($_POST['pass']);
   $result = confirmUser($_POST['user'], $md5pass);

   /* Check error codes */
   if($result == 1){
      die('That username doesn\'t exist in our database.');
   }
   else if($result == 2){
      die('Incorrect password, please try again.');
   }

   /* Username and password correct, register session variables */
   $_POST['user'] = stripslashes($_POST['user']);
   $_SESSION['username'] = $_POST['user'];
   $_SESSION['password'] = $md5pass;

   /**
    * This is the cool part: the user has requested that we remember that
    * he's logged in, so we set two cookies. One to hold his username,
    * and one to hold his md5 encrypted password. We set them both to
    * expire in 100 days. Now, next time he comes to our site, we will
    * log him in automatically.
    */
   if(isset($_POST['remember'])){
      setcookie("cookname", $_SESSION['username'], time()+60*60*24*100, "/");
      setcookie("cookpass", $_SESSION['password'], time()+60*60*24*100, "/");
   }

   /* Quick self-redirect to avoid resending data on refresh */
   echo "<meta http-equiv=\"Refresh\" content=\"0;url=$HTTP_SERVER_VARS[PHP_SELF]\">";
   return;
}

/* Sets the value of the logged_in variable, which can be used in your code */
$logged_in = checkLogin();

?>
<body>
</body>
</html>

2.) Registration

<title>Registration</title>
<?
session_start(); 
include("database.php");

/**
 * Returns true if the username has been taken
 * by another user, false otherwise.
 */
function usernameTaken($username){
   global $conn;
   if(!get_magic_quotes_gpc()){
      $username = addslashes($username);
   }
   $q = "select username from users where username = '$username'";
   $result = mysql_query($q,$conn);
   return (mysql_numrows($result) > 0);
}

/**
 * Inserts the given (username, password) pair
 * into the database. Returns true on success,
 * false otherwise.
 */
function addNewUser($username, $password){
   global $conn;
   $q = "INSERT INTO users VALUES ('$username', '$password')";
   return mysql_query($q,$conn);
   $q = "INSERT INTO virtuala VALUES ('$username')";
   return mysql_query($q,$conn);
}

/**
 * Displays the appropriate message to the user
 * after the registration attempt. It displays a 
 * success or failure status depending on a
 * session variable set during registration.
 */
function displayStatus(){
   $uname = $_SESSION['reguname'];
   if($_SESSION['regresult']){
?>

<h1>Registered!</h1>
<p>Thank you <b><? echo $uname; ?></b>, your information has been added to the database, you may now <a href="index.php" title="Login">log in</a>.</p>

<?
   }
   else{
?>

<h1>Registration Failed</h1>
<p>We're sorry, but an error has occurred and your registration for the username <b><? echo $uname; ?></b>, could not be completed.<br>
Please try again at a later time.</p>

<?
   }
   unset($_SESSION['reguname']);
   unset($_SESSION['registered']);
   unset($_SESSION['regresult']);
}

if(isset($_SESSION['registered'])){
/**
 * This is the page that will be displayed after the
 * registration has been attempted.
 */
?>
<html>
</head>
<title>Registration Page</title>
<body>

<? displayStatus(); ?>

</body>
</html>

<?
   return;
}

/**
 * Determines whether or not to show to sign-up form
 * based on whether the form has been submitted, if it
 * has, check the database for consistency and create
 * the new account.
 */
if(isset($_POST['subjoin'])){
   /* Make sure all fields were entered */
   if(!$_POST['user'] || !$_POST['pass']){
      die('You didn\'t fill in a required field.');
   }

   /* Spruce up username, check length */
   $_POST['user'] = trim($_POST['user']);
   if(strlen($_POST['user']) > 30){
      die("Sorry, the username is longer than 30 characters, please shorten it.");
   }

   /* Check if username is already in use */
   if(usernameTaken($_POST['user'])){
      $use = $_POST['user'];
      die("Sorry, the username: <strong>$use</strong> is already taken, please pick another one.");
   }

   /* Add the new account to the database */
   $md5pass = md5($_POST['pass']);
   $_SESSION['reguname'] = $_POST['user'];
   $_SESSION['regresult'] = addNewUser($_POST['user'], $md5pass);
   $_SESSION['registered'] = true;
   echo "<meta http-equiv=\"Refresh\" content=\"0;url=$HTTP_SERVER_VARS[PHP_SELF]\">";
   return;
}
else{
/**
 * This is the page with the sign-up form, the names
 * of the input fields are important and should not
 * be changed.
 */
?>

<html>
<title>Registration Page</title>
<body>
<h1>Register</h1>
<form action="<? echo $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
<table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
<tr><td>Username:</td><td><input type="text" name="user" maxlength="30"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Password:</td><td><input type="password" name="pass" maxlength="30"></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" align="right"><input type="submit" name="subjoin" value="Join!"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>


<?
}
?>

3.) Database

<title>Database</title>

</head>

<body>
<?

/**
 * Connect to the mysql database.
 */
$conn = mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "ballplayer") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db('users', $conn) or die(mysql_error());

?>
</body>
</html>

When I open registration in my dreamweaver testing browser and input a username and password and press "Join!" the next page brings up the message: <bR>Access forbidden!

You don't have permission to access the requested object. It is either read-protected or not readable by the server.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.

Error 403

localhost
2/19/2011 2:50:07 PM
Apache/2.2.17 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.2.17 OpenSSL/0.9.8o PHP/5.3.4 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.1<br>

When I check my apache error log it tells me:<br>


[Sat Feb 19 14:50:04 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Notice: Undefined variable: HTTP_SERVER_VARS in C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\Grouplete\\register.php on line 132

[Sat Feb 19 14:50:07 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (20024)The given path is misformatted or contained invalid characters: Cannot map POST /grouplete/%3Cbr%20/%3E%3Cb%3ENotice%3C/b%3E:%20%20Undefined%20variable:%20HTTP_SERVER_VARS%20in%20%3Cb%3EC:/xampp/htdocs/Grouplete/register.php%3C/b%3E%20on%20line%20%3Cb%3E132%3C/b%3E%3Cbr%20/%3E HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: http://localhost/grouplete/register.php

Can one of you experts tell me what I should do?

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