Posted by Justin Koivisto on 08/26/05 00:17

ZeldorBlat wrote:

> $_POST contains all HTTP POST variables. $_REQUEST contains all HTTP
> GET, POST, and COOKIE variables.
>
> The big difference is that with $_POST, you know all the variables in
> there came, in fact, from POST. With $_REQUEST, you don't really know
> whether they were submitted by POST, GET, or through a cookie.
>

Also be aware that if both POST and GET have the same variable, only one
is actually kept according the the server setup (variables_order in
php.ini).

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