Posted by Schraalhans Keukenmeester on 05/16/07 20:05

At Wed, 16 May 2007 20:17:07 +0200, Erwin Moller let his monkeys type:

> jmark@fastermail.com wrote:
>
>> I have seen some code like
>> $value = strval($REQUEST['value']);
>>
>> I would like to know what is the use of strval here since $_REQUEST
>> values are strings?

>
> PS: I think you should avoid $_REQUEST. Just use $_POST and $_GET.

Erwin, what's wrong with using $_REQUEST instead of $_GET / $_POST ?
Security issue?

Sh.

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