Posted by Konrad on 02/24/06 17:36

Hello
I'm a complete php newbie.

I want now to write a collection of simple scripts, which will be used
by entire web. I keep it in "scripts.php", now - I'd like it to be
simple and clear, so I want it to be able to execute commands sent both
by FORMS ($_POST) and by URL ($_GET).

Let's say, a command would be "mail_to_admin" (and addidtional variable
would be "message"). To enable the script to read both forms and urls'
variables I thought about something like this:

---code---

$command=$_POST['command'];
//if nothing like this is passed via FORM, then maybe via URL ?:
if(!$command) $command=$_GET['command'];

if($command=="send_mail_to_admin"){
//then do something.
};

---end of code---

I'd like to do this with every variable. So I can send this when user
presses "submit" button in a form, AND I can do this by going to:
scripts.php?command=mail_to_admin&message=SomeMessage
which is simple to remember, to accomplish etc. (I'm a "Do it once" guy:)

Problem: I've never seen something like this in any script I have -
althought I haven't seen so many of them :)

Is there something wrong with this approach ?

Konrad.

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