[thelist] php: difference between post vars?

[Dougal Campbell]

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Ned Baldessin wrote:

> > It's still better to write your code to use $_GET and
> > $_POST
>
> Am I the only one to usually use $_REQUEST in stead of $_GET or $_POST ?
>
> I tend to do it do be on the safe side, in the case some template
> designer decides to change the method of a form, etc.
>
> Is there any performance issue with using $_REQUEST ?

I doubt there's any performance difference. The only thing you *might*
need to be concerned about with $_REQUEST is that depending on your GPC
options, someone might be able to override POST variables from a form by
supplying GET parameters in the URL querystring (or vice versa, as the
case may be). But as long as you're doing good sanity/security checking
on your request input, that shouldn't be a problem.

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