Posted by Sander on 10/13/79 11:28

"jj" <no@spam.com> schreef in bericht
news:PhB0f.4126$2F2.491520@news20.bellglobal.com...
> Using Method="get" any query string parameters associated with the action
> do
> not get sent to the server but with method="post" parameters on the
> action's
> query string are received by the server. Can any one tell me why this is
> so?
>

Here you get some details on the differences of the post/get methods:

get: Append the arguments to the action URL and open it as if it were an
anchor.
post: Send the data through an HTTP post transaction.

When using the post method, there is no theoretical limit to the amount of
data that can be sent to the HTTP server. The amount of data may be
constrained by the physical limits of the client computer.

When using the get method to send data to an HTTP server, the amount of data
that can be sent is limited by the maximum length of a URL. In this case the
URL cannot be longer than 2048 bytes.

(i copied the above from a site)

Here you get more on how to handle them with PHP:
http://nl3.php.net/reserved.variables (it is in the middle of the page)

Sander Swuste

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