Posted by ste on 04/28/06 22:52

"Rik" <luiheidsgoeroe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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,
> --
> Rik Wasmus

Thanks for that Rik, much clearer - you should write books for dummies! :-)

Ste

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