Re: Re: Are $_POST and $_GET interchangable?

"Jay Blanchard" <jay.blanchard@niicommunications.com> wrote in message news:C8F323573C030A448F3E5A2B6FE2070B02A2DD@nemesis... [snip] for $_GET[], I found indirect references (documentation of other subjects that use $_GET[] and $_POST[] ) but no documentation focusing directly on either. Is there on line documentation specifically dedicated to these two phenomena? [/snip] This is more of a general web programming question (see the info at http://www.w3c.org) GET and POST are two different methods of moving data from client to server. The GET method utilizes the URL for passing data and is limited in size (I forget the total number of characters allowed in the URL). It is also makes spoofing a little easier. Let us say I am an employee of a company and my app designers have done a poor job at security. I go to employee information at http://www.foo.com/employee.php?eid=jsmith If I have some snap and I want to see some other employee's info I can then type it into the URL http://www.foo.com/employee.php?eid=bstreisand POST removes the information from the view of the user, and IIRC you can pass tons of information to the server. The rules for usage come down to this - A little common sense goes a long way. There are really no specific rules. For web apps at my company I set the rules, I have seen other companies with other rules for the use of these two. I googled a few different queries and can't find any direct documentation. http://www.w3c.org has a lot of info, but none that I can find' on this subject (they need a 'search this site' option)