Re: Is there a way to protect PHP's $_POST, $_GET when user tamper with post string in URL toolbox???

From: Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 17:55:28 +0000
Subject: Re: Is there a way to protect PHP's $_POST, $_GET when user tamper with post string in URL toolbox???
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Hello Scott, Wednesday, January 7, 2004, 5:43:31 PM, you wrote: SF> I noticed when I use the hidden html input tag with hidden data in it SF> then when I click the submit button to submit the webpage, the hidden data SF> then show up in the URL address. Fine, no problem. But I noticed one Only if you use the GET method. This won't happen if you use POST. You still need to validate the data at the "other end", but it would stop casual URL hacking. -- Best regards, Richard mailto:rich@launchcode.co.uk

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