Posted by Rik Wasmus on 01/25/08 00:26

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:36:18 +0100, Evan Jou <l.jou@att.net> wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I have a simple question for you experts here. If I key in a URL =

> like,
> for example, http://localhost/test.php?name=3DEvan&password=3DJou dire=
ctly, =

> will
> it send the name and password data to the test.php script? Can I use
> $_GET['name'] and $_GET['password'] to manipulate the data?

Yes, it will be in the $_GET array. It is not recommendable though. URL'=
s =

are often saved in history, can be bookmarked, shared, etc, and you don'=
t =

want usernames/passwords in there. HTTP authentication, or even better, =
=

POSTing the credentials one and just starting a session based on that, =

would be preferable.
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Rik Wasmus

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