Re: [PHP-DB] Re: [PHP] Passing variables to a PHP script on clicking a hyperlink

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In this case $_POST would be the appropriate array, since your form is
using the POST method:

<form .... method="post">

Goltsios Theodore wrote:

> 
> I thought I just did a comment and suggested that it is a lame solution
> to use $_REQUEST plus I did not know witch of the two method  (POST or
> GET) would be appropriate so I picked up the lame way :-) .
> 
> mike wrote:
>> On 8/24/07, Goltsios Theodore <tgol@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>   
>>> the posted or got option buy using the $_REQUEST array ($_GET and $_POST
>>> are included in that like a less lame solution). Let's say you have a
>>>     
>>
>> Please do not encourage the use of $_REQUEST.
>>
>> You might as well just tell people to enable register_globals again.
>>
>> Use $_GET, $_POST, $_SESSION, $_COOKIE, $_SERVER, etc. for the
>> appropriate source of data. $_REQUEST is laziness and introduces most
>> of the same issues that was the reasoning behind disabling
>> register_globals to begin with.
>>
>> (As for dropdowns, that's just an in-browser method of collecting data
>> and sending the key/value pairs in POST or GET... IMHO the HTML
>> portion should already be known before someone steps into the realm of
>> PHP and server-side programming)
>>
>> - mike
>>
>>

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