Re: Re: Best way to test for form submission?

On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 09:33 -0700, Ben Dunlap wrote: > I was surprised when no one recommended this: > > if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') > > So now I'm wondering if there's a pitfall to this method that I'm not > aware of... > > Thanks, > > Ben > Well, as far as I'm aware $_SERVER isn't reliable from server to server. That said, I've never had a problem using it. I probably wouldn't use this however, as it does only check for the existence of POST data. Sometimes I'll trigger the same PHP script from both POST and GET. For example, a search form would use POST in the initial form, and then if it was paginated, the links forwards and backwards through the results would be GET (like Google) I usually just tend to use the $_REQUEST array instead of $_POST or $_GET. You get the benefit of being able to work with both arrays (as well as $_SESSION and $_COOKIE) without any drawbacks. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk