Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 01/28/07 13:41

Tony Marston wrote:
> "Paul Lautman" <paul.lautman@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:51v4v1F1k55ftU1@mid.individual.net...
>> Tony Marston wrote:
>>
>>> You will always use $_POST when sending
>>> data from the client to the server,
>> Except when you use $_GET or $_REQUEST
>
> Wrong. $_GET is used to request data FROM the server, while $_POST is used
> to send data TO the server.
>

No, Tony. $_GET is used to fetch information from the query string.
This can be from several sources - including <form action=get...>. But
$_GET is always used on the server, and the data always comes from the
browser.

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