Re: AW: how can I CALL a PHP script from different TEXT LINKS with differentPARAMETERS?

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On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 04:12:05PM +1300, Jasper Bryant-Greene wrote:
> xkorakidis wrote:
> >Webmaster, thanks very much but I think it would be safer to do that by
> >post, not by get. Furthermore, if I use indivudual files
> 
> The difference between POST and GET lies in the semantics -- POST 
> represents something changing on the server, e.g. updating a database 
> field, and allows the browser to warn the user if they try to refresh. 
> GET represents nothing of importance changing on the server, e.g. 
> performing a search on the database, and can safely be repeated.

Another good reason to use POST to modify data, consider the link:

  http://example.com/posts.php?postid=1&action=delete

If googlebot comes across your page containing a list of all your
posts, with a link like that, you just might wake up one morning
wondering why all your posts are gone.

Curt.
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