Posted by Rik on 04/28/06 21:59

ste wrote:
> I
> looked up the $_POST command. In the same chapter, I came across the
> $_GET command too, and although I still don't know what they mean,
> the following sentence rang out to me: 'Contains all the variables
> passed from a previous page as part of the URL.' Of course, that
> still means nothing, except for the bit about the URL.

A bit simplefied:
$_GET contains values that are set in the url:
index.php?page=something
then $_GET['page'] is "something"
$_POST contains posted variables, usually by a form, that aren't in the url.

Have fun coding,
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Rik Wasmus

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