Re: Re: Passing variables to a PHP script on clicking a hyperlink

In this case $_POST would be the appropriate array, since your form is using the POST method: <form .... method="post"> Goltsios Theodore wrote: > > I thought I just did a comment and suggested that it is a lame solution > to use $_REQUEST plus I did not know witch of the two method (POST or > GET) would be appropriate so I picked up the lame way :-) . > > mike wrote: >> On 8/24/07, Goltsios Theodore <tgol@kinetix.gr> wrote: >> >>> the posted or got option buy using the $_REQUEST array ($_GET and $_POST >>> are included in that like a less lame solution). Let's say you have a >>> >> >> Please do not encourage the use of $_REQUEST. >> >> You might as well just tell people to enable register_globals again. >> >> Use $_GET, $_POST, $_SESSION, $_COOKIE, $_SERVER, etc. for the >> appropriate source of data. $_REQUEST is laziness and introduces most >> of the same issues that was the reasoning behind disabling >> register_globals to begin with. >> >> (As for dropdowns, that's just an in-browser method of collecting data >> and sending the key/value pairs in POST or GET... IMHO the HTML >> portion should already be known before someone steps into the realm of >> PHP and server-side programming) >> >> - mike >> >>