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PHP Form Handling
The form request may be get or post. To retrieve data from get request, we need to use
$_GET, for post request $_POST.
The PHP superglobals $_GET and $_POST are used to collect form-data.
GET vs. POST
Both GET and POST create an array (e.g. array( key1 => value1, key2 => value2, key3 =>
value3, ...)). This array holds key/value pairs, where keys are the names of the form controls
and values are the input data from the user.
Both GET and POST are treated as $_GET and $_POST. These are superglobals, which
means that they are always accessible, regardless of scope - and you can access them from
any function, class or file without having to do anything special.
$_GET is an array of variables passed to the current script via the URL parameters.
$_POST is an array of variables passed to the current script via the HTTP POST method.
When to use GET?
Information sent from a form with the GET method is visible to everyone (all variable names
and values are displayed in the URL). GET also has limits on the amount of information to
send. The limitation is about 2000 characters. However, because the variables are displayed
in the URL, it is possible to bookmark the page. This can be useful in some cases.
GET may be used for sending non-sensitive data.
Note: GET should NEVER be used for sending passwords or other sensitive information!
When to use POST?
Information sent from a form with the POST method is invisible to others (all names/values
are embedded within the body of the HTTP request) and has no limits on the amount of
information to send.
Moreover POST supports advanced functionality such as support for multi-part binary input
while uploading files to server.
However, because the variables are not displayed in the URL, it is not possible to bookmark
the page.
PHP - A Simple HTML Form
The example below displays a simple HTML form with two input fields and a submit button:
Example
<html>
<body>
<form action="welcome.php" method="post">

Name: <input type="text" name="name"><br>
E-mail: <input type="text" name="email"><br>
<input type="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
When the user fills out the form above and clicks the submit button, the form data is sent for
processing to a PHP file named "welcome.php". The form data is sent with the HTTP POST
method.
To display the submitted data you could simply echo all the variables. The "welcome.php"
looks like this:
<html>
<body>
Welcome <?php echo $_POST["name"]; ?><br>

Your email address is: <?php echo $_POST["email"]; ?>
</body>
</html>
The output could be something like this:
Welcome John
Your email address is [email protected]
The same result could also be achieved using the HTTP GET method:
Example
<html>
<body>
<form action="welcome_get.php" method="get">

Name: <input type="text" name="name"><br>
E-mail: <input type="text" name="email"><br>
<input type="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
and "welcome_get.php" looks like this:
<html>
<body>
Welcome <?php echo $_GET["name"]; ?><br>

Your email address is: <?php echo $_GET["email"]; ?>
</body>
</html>
The code above is quite simple. However, the most important thing is missing. You need to
validate form data to protect your script from malicious code.
PHP Get Form
Get request is the default form request. The data passed through get request is visible on the
URL browser so it is not secured. You can send limited amount of data through get request.
Let's see a simple example to receive data from get request php
1. <form action="welcome.php" method="get">

2. Name: <input type="text" name="name"/>
3. <input type="submit" value="visit"/>
4. </form>
File: welcome.php
1. <?php
2. $name=$_GET["name"];//receiving name field value in $name variable
3. echo "Welcome, $name";
4. ?>
PHP Post Form
Post request is widely used to submit form that have large amount of data such as file upload,
image upload, login form, registration form etc.
The data passed through post request is not visible on the URL browser so it is secured. You
can send large amount of data through post request.
Let's see a simple example to receive data from post request in PHP.
File: form1.html
1. <form action="login.php" method="post">

2. <table>
3. <tr><td>Name:</td><td> <input type="text" name="name"/></td></tr>
4. <tr><td>Password:</td><td> <input type="password" name="password"/></td></tr>
5. <tr><td colspan="2"><input type="submit" value="login"/> </td></tr>
6. </table>
7. </form>
File: login.php
1. <?php
2. $name=$_POST["name"];//receiving name field value in $name variable
3. $password=$_POST["password"];//receiving password field value in $password variable
4.
5. echo "Welcome: $name, your password is: $password";
6. ?>
Output:

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PHP Form Handling

GET vs. POST

When to use GET?

GET may be used for sending non-sensitive data.

When to use POST?

PHP - A Simple HTML Form

<form action="welcome.php" method="post">

Welcome <?php echo $_POST["name"]; ?><br>

The output could be something like this:

<form action="welcome_get.php" method="get">

and "welcome_get.php" looks like this:

Welcome <?php echo $_GET["name"]; ?><br>

PHP Get Form

1. <form action="welcome.php" method="get">

PHP Post Form

1. <form action="login.php" method="post">

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