On 4/12/09 10:23 AM, "Ron Piggott" <ron.php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > How do I know when to use $_GET verses $_POST? i use GET when i want the user to be able to email the link to someone, mention it on a blog or bookmark it and it will always yield the same page. i use POST if submitting the form causes any change in the database or session data (as required in the HTML standard) or if i want to hide the mess of posted data from the user (they wouldn't be happy to see personal details in the address bar after filling in, say, a user registration form). if there's a grey area between these two, i'm not able to think of an example just now. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
