Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 02/21/07 04:03

Rik wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:59:56 +0100, Jerry Stuckle
> <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> Richard wrote:
>>> "Klarth" <kah.goh@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Yes, it is possible. There look for $_GET["recordnum"] in your
>>>> catalogrecord.php script.
>>> Could someone explain to a noob the use of _get here and why not _post?
>>
>> Oops - pressed send too quickly.
>>
>> When the POST method is used, the parameters are not passed in the
>> link as part of the query string; rather they are passed by the
>> browser out of sight of the user.
>
> Which on an 'open' site (this particular project seems to be local)
> would have the advantage of being both bookmarkable (hmmmz, something
> doesn't feel right about that word) and indexable by a search-engine.
>
> --Rik Wasmus

Groan, Rik - was that on purpose? :-)

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