Computer Science Canada PHP Help Wanted |
| Author: | jimmybrion [ Thu Aug 25, 2011 7:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | PHP Help Wanted |
Please tell me the difference between $get and $post |
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| Author: | DemonWasp [ Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:PHP Help Wanted |
Here is a good place to start: http://www.google.com/search?q=the+difference+between+get+and+post And another: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol#Request_methods |
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| Author: | DanShadow [ Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:PHP Help Wanted |
I'd say a note-worthy difference between GET & POST form methods is variable visibility. If you submit a form with a text-field element "name" using the GET method, your url will look like this: http://www.your-url.com/index.php?name=john If you use the POST method you will not see the "?name=john" at the end. POST & GET form methods can have specific uses as well. Say you wanted to post a link on Compsci to your web-site. Since you probably can't create a form on the Compsci forum, you couldn't use the POST method to transfer variable data to your web-site landing page. However, if you use the GET method by structuring your link like this: http://www.your-url.com/index.php?name=john You can access the variable $_POST["name"] to retrieve the data, which is "john". This can of course be extended to accommodate multiple variables, like shown below: http://www.your-url.com/index.php?name=john&job=programmer&married=false&obvious=true So the difference is specific to what you need your form to do, and how. If your simply transferring use data from 1 page to the next, POST (or session vars) will probably be sufficient. If your doing external linking back to your web-site's landing page, then a GET URL string will likely be necessary. Hope this helps. |
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| Author: | SIL3NTKOD3R [ Tue Sep 11, 2012 6:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PHP Help Wanted |
Think like this: $_GET means you are telling the server to do something, mainly from url: (http://localhost/login.php?username=SIL3NTKOD3R) Meaning that the page will sent request to the server saying the person with username(SIL3NTKOD3R) is trying to login. $_POST means you are telling the server to do something secretly: Unlike $_GET, you will not be able to see what the page is requesting to the server. So the url can be: http://localhost/login.php but its still might be sending request to the server saying the person with username(SIL3NTKOD3R) is trying to login without letting you know. |
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