Re: detecting type of field from $_POST ?

--- adwinwijaya <adwinwijaya@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > i just wonder, is there any way to detecting the type of field > (like textarea, button, radio, etc) from $_REQUEST / $_POST ? Nope. > I need to detect that all .. because I want to put a script that > will remove html tag You should filter all POST data, regardless of type. The reason is the same as why you cannot distinguish them - only name/value pairs are returned. Don't assume your HTML can restrict the type of data that a user can send. Hope that helps. Chris ===== Chris Shiflett - http://shiflett.org/ PHP Security - O'Reilly Coming Fall 2004 HTTP Developer's Handbook - Sams http://httphandbook.org/ PHP Community Site http://phpcommunity.org/