Re: $_GET verses $_POST
| From: | Tom Worster | Date: | Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:51:28 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: $_GET verses $_POST | ||
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On 4/12/09 10:23 AM, "Ron Piggott" <ron.php@actsministries.org> wrote:
> How do I know when to use $_GET verses $_POST?
i use GET when i want the user to be able to email the link to someone,
mention it on a blog or bookmark it and it will always yield the same page.
i use POST if submitting the form causes any change in the database or
session data (as required in the HTML standard) or if i want to hide the
mess of posted data from the user (they wouldn't be happy to see personal
details in the address bar after filling in, say, a user registration form).
if there's a grey area between these two, i'm not able to think of an
example just now.