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The document discusses two main methods for sending data from a browser to a web server: GET and POST. The GET method appends encoded user data to the URL, has character limits, and is less secure. The POST method encodes data into HTTP headers and can support larger data sizes securely. PHP provides the $_GET, $_POST, and $_REQUEST superglobals to access data sent via each method.
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17 viewsLecture 12 - PHP - GET & POST Methods
The document discusses two main methods for sending data from a browser to a web server: GET and POST. The GET method appends encoded user data to the URL, has character limits, and is less secure. The POST method encodes data into HTTP headers and can support larger data sizes securely. PHP provides the $_GET, $_POST, and $_REQUEST superglobals to access data sent via each method.
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PHP - GET & POST Methods
GET & POST Methods
• There are two ways the browser client can send information to the
web server.
• The GET Method
• The POST Method
• Before the browser sends the information, it encodes it using a
scheme called URL encoding. In this scheme, name/value pairs are
joined with equal signs and different pairs are separated by the
ampersand.
• name1=value1&name2=value2&name3=value3 Spaces are
removed and replaced with the + character and any other
nonalphanumeric characters are replaced with a hexadecimal
values. After the information is encoded it is sent to the server.
The GET Method
• The GET method sends the encoded user
information appended to the page request.
The page and the encoded information are
separated by the ? character.
• http://www.test.com/index.htm?
name1=value1&name2=value2
The GET Method
• The GET method produces a long string that appears in your
server logs, in the browser's Location: box.
• The GET method is restricted to send upto 1024 characters only.
• Never use GET method if you have password or other sensitive
information to be sent to the server.
• GET can't be used to send binary data, like images or word
documents, to the server.
• The data sent by GET method can be accessed using
QUERY_STRING environment variable.
• The PHP provides $_GET associative array to access all the sent
information using GET method.
The GET Method
• <?php
• if( $_GET["name"] || $_GET["age"] ) {
• echo "Welcome ". $_GET['name']. "<br />";
• echo "You are ". $_GET['age']. " years old.";
•
• exit();
• }
The GET Method
• ?>
• <html>
• <body>
•
• <form action = "<?php $_PHP_SELF ?>" method = "GET">
• Name: <input type = "text" name = "name" />
• Age: <input type = "text" name = "age" />
• <input type = "submit" />
• </form>
•
• </body>
• </html>
The GET Method
• It will produce the following result −
The POST Method
• The POST method transfers information via
HTTP headers. The information is encoded as
described in case of GET method and put into
a header called QUERY_STRING.
The POST Method
• The POST method does not have any restriction on
data size to be sent.
• The POST method can be used to send ASCII as well as
binary data.
• The data sent by POST method goes through HTTP
header so security depends on HTTP protocol. By
using Secure HTTP you can make sure that your
information is secure.
• The PHP provides $_POST associative array to access
all the sent information using POST method.
The POST Method
• <?php
• if( $_POST["name"] || $_POST["age"] ) {
• if (preg_match("/[^A-Za-z'-]/",$_POST['name'] )) {
• die ("invalid name and name should be alpha");
• }
• echo "Welcome ". $_POST['name']. "<br />";
• echo "You are ". $_POST['age']. " years old.";
•
• exit();
• }
• ?>
The POST Method
• <html>
• <body>
•
• <form action = "<?php $_PHP_SELF ?>" method = "POST">
• Name: <input type = "text" name = "name" />
• Age: <input type = "text" name = "age" />
• <input type = "submit" />
• </form>
•
• </body>
• </html>
The POST Method
• It will produce the following result −
The $_REQUEST variable
• The PHP $_REQUEST variable contains the
contents of both $_GET, $_POST, and
$_COOKIE. We will discuss $_COOKIE variable
when we will explain about cookies.
• The PHP $_REQUEST variable can be used to get
the result from form data sent with both the
GET and POST methods.
• Try out following example by putting the source
code in test.php script.
The $_REQUEST variable
• <?php
• if( $_REQUEST["name"] || $_REQUEST["age"] ) {
• echo "Welcome ". $_REQUEST['name']. "<br />";
• echo "You are ". $_REQUEST['age']. " years old.";
• exit();
• }
• ?>
The $_REQUEST variable
• <html>
• <body>
•
• <form action = "<?php $_PHP_SELF ?>" method = "POST">
• Name: <input type = "text" name = "name" />
• Age: <input type = "text" name = "age" />
• <input type = "submit" />
• </form>
•
• </body>
• </html>
The $_REQUEST variable
• Here $_PHP_SELF variable contains the name
of self script in which it is being called.
• It will produce the following result −
