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Erick Bongo
8,539 PointsThe use of $_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"]
In the tutorial why did we use this
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST")
Instead of this
if (ISSET($_POST["SUBMIT"]))
Am not clear on the difference between the two if someone could explain the reason and logic behind both for me.
3 Answers
Blayne Holland
19,320 PointsMy guess is that if for whatever reason $_POST['submit'] is null the form will still be procesed. I've always wonders this too to be honest.
Erick Bongo
8,539 PointsI think I see what your saying. So using $_POST["submit"] is only checking that single input within any given form, where as the request method will check them all.
Randy Hoyt, could you shed some light on this please and give a practical example of when one may be used over the other and the reasons why ?
Erick Bongo
8,539 PointsOk I just did some tests. If I use the $_POST["submit"] then hit return when filling out the form it submits the form which isn't very good.
Also if I use var_dump[$_POST] nothing gets returned, does this mean the values in the form aint being stored in the variables when using $_POST["submit"] ??