Re: Looking for a reasonable explanation as to why $_REQUEST exists

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 3:08 PM, mike <mike503@gmail.com> wrote: > > Then code for it :P I understand the idea, I don't see the need to > create a dedicated construct in PHP for it. Part of PHP's power to me > was finally getting away from the lazy ASP (VB-based) > Request.Value('foo') or whatever it was and not able to identify if it > was post, get, etc and making the coder define exactly what source of > data he's getting it from. What your saying makes sense, Mike, and is the preferred method of doing things.... however, that doesn't invalidate the reason $_REQUEST exists. Your initial email asked why it was there, not why some people consider themselves programmers and rely on cheats and hacks like that. ;-P -- </Daniel P. Brown> Dedicated Servers - Intel 2.4GHz w/2TB bandwidth/mo. starting at just $59.99/mo. with no contract! Dedicated servers, VPS, and hosting from $2.50/mo.