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PHP 8 Basics: For Programming and Web Development
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PHP 8 Basics: For Programming and Web Development

by Gunnard Engebreth, Satej Kumar Sahu
December 2022
Beginner content levelBeginner
335 pages
4h 30m
English
Apress
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© 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 ...

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