Confused by System Setup errors

I'm in the process of installing my first Zen site (version 1.3.8a) on servers hosted by 1&1. When I get to the System Inspection screen, I get the following four red, fatal errors: $register_globals=".ON."; $php_ver=".$zc_install->php_version." {*** MUST UPGRADE ***}; $php_ver = "$zc_install->php_version" {***SHOULD UPGRADE***}; and $safe_mode=(ini_get("safe_mode"))? "ON". These errors seem to imply that my server's PHP version is outdated, but viewing PHPINFO tells me that I'm running PHP Ver 4.4.7 and that register_globals is "ON" and safe_mode is "OFF". Where do I go from here?

1&1 is noted not to be Zen Cart kind

If you can proceed and they allow control through htaccess file you can control these later

Why are you quoting PHP code instead of actual browser output?
Or were you seeing PHP variable names in your browser?