RE: [PHP] Can I assign to $_POST legitimately

> From: Henry [mailto:henry@teacake.f9.co.uk] > Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 6:00 AM > Subject: [PHP] Can I assign to $_POST legitimately > I can do it but is it legit? > > $_POST['name']='henry'; > > within a php script? > > if $_POST['name'] is not set. The clearly $_POST['name'] was > not posted!! Yes, you can do that. But I wouldn't do it because it's 'tainting' php supplied variables. Once you do that, you won't really be sure if a variable was posted or supplied by your script. It's probably more important for the person who follows in your footsteps and modifies the scripts -- as they may assume it's posted from a form, and yet isn't. Could cause a lot of confusion, not for you, but for, perhaps, me. If you do it though, you might be nice to the next guy/gal and put a nice note at the top of the script saying you're doing it.