Re: Data trasfer between PHP pages

At 8:03 PM +0000 1/12/09, Ashley Sheridan wrote:

I tend to use $_REQUEST to capture a lot of my data, as I end up mixing get and post a lot throughout my code. $_REQUEST is an amalgamate of $_COOKIE, $_GET and $_POST (in that order I believe, with $_GET overwritting $_COOKIE, and $_POST overwriting $_GET). This is especially useful when altering how a form sends data. Only today we had to update a form to use GET instead of POST, as IE managed to break the back button because of the POST values not auto-submitting. It would have meant a lot of code changes had $_REQUEST not been used. Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk

Arrgggg. I was thinking you were up there with the PHP greats until you said that. :-0 I never use requests -- you simply don't know where the data is coming from and that presents a possible security risk as well as confusion if you have to review/trouble-shoot the code later. Am I wrong? Cheers, tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com