GET and POST question

If I have formsend.php, and I want to use method POST, what should I type on the address? Example: mysite.com/formsend.php?name=myname&login=password

What should I type so it's POST ?

$_POST is only for form information and cannot be used with the url bar ($_GET). Why would you want POST if its in the URL bar?

I have a remotely hosted form service and it says that it can only be runned through url bar. So how can I send it like it is POST ?

You'll need to use $_GET then.

so, what should I type the url? Give me example url line that sends code as $_POST or $_GET. Thanks

I tried www.domain.com/formsend.php?name=myname&login=password&$_POST=1 but that didn't work

If you're using the url to send data you are not using post.

kaisellgren: It seems from your last post that you're not fully understanding the $_POST/$_GET difference.

Not to worry, here's how it works:

if you put your variables into the URL bar like so:

http://www.domain.com?number=100&fruit=apple&primate=human

Then in the PHP, you can access the variables like so:


print ("number = ".$_GET["number"]."<br>".
"fruit= ".$_GET["fruit"]."<br>".
"primate= ".$_GET["primate"]."<br>");


This will print to a web browser like so:

number = 100
fruit = apple
primate = human

Conversely, if you wrote a form like so:


<form method="post" action="http://www.domain.com">
<input type="text" name="number" value="100">
<input type="text" name="fruit" value="apple">
<input type="text" name="primate" value="human">
<input type="submit">
</form>


Then you could access the variables in your PHP like so:


print ("number = ".$_POST["number"]."<br>".
"fruit= ".$_POST["fruit"]."<br>".
"primate= ".$_POST["primate"]."<br>");


Also, you can use $_REQUEST. This contains the variables in both $_GET and $_POST (don't know what happens if you have a post and a get variable of the same name, never had reason to try it!). If you use request, then it doesn't matter whether your data comes from a posted form or a URL bar.

Use like so


print ("number = ".$_REQUEST["number"]."<br>".
"fruit= ".$_REQUEST["fruit"]."<br>".
"primate= ".$_REQUEST["primate"]."<br>");


Personally, I use $_REQUEST everywhere, unless I have a specific reason for using $_POST or $_GET (which is rare).

I have a remotely hosted form service and it says that it can only be runned through url bar. So how can I send it like it is POST ?
You need to give your form method = "get", that will put the form data in the address bar.

Also, you can use $_REQUEST. This contains the variables in both $_GET and $_POST (don't know what happens if you have a post and a get variable of the same name, never had reason to try it!). If you use request, then it doesn't matter whether your data comes from a posted form or a URL bar.


$_REQUEST gets all of the $_GET, $_POST, and $_COOKIE fields. If there are two with the same name then the variables_order value in the php.ini file decides which to use.

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