PHP 8 Basics: For Programming and Web Development

© Gunnard Engebreth, Satej Kumar Sahu 2023

G. Engebreth, S. K. SahuPHP 8 Basicshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8082-9_5

5. Form Data

Gunnard Engebreth¹   and Satej Kumar Sahu²

(1)

Madison, WI, USA

(2)

Bangalore, India

 

In this chapter, you will learn how to create and manage forms in PHP using the POST and GET methods.

You will explore three superglobals: $_POST, $_GET, and $_REQUEST. $_POST and $_GET are the two most common ways of receiving user input in PHP. $_REQUEST is lesser used.

This chapter consists of the following sections:

• PHP GET Form

• PHP POST Form

We once asked a junior developer to explain the difference between POST and GET (in general). The answer he gave, while less than ideal, was not incorrect. He said that POST is used to send data ...