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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 in PHP.
File: form1.html

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


Name: <input type="text" name="name"/>
<input type="submit" value="visit"/>
</form>

File: welcome.php

<?php
$name=$_GET["name"];//receiving name field value in $name variable
echo "Welcome, $name";
?>

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

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


<table>
<tr><td>Name:</td><td> <input type="text" name="name"/></td></tr>
<tr><td>Password:</td><td> <input type="password" name="password"/></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"><input type="submit" value="login"/> </td></tr>
</table>
</form>

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File: login.php

<?php
$name=$_POST["name"];//receiving name field value in $name variable
$password=$_POST["password"];//receiving password field value in $password variable
echo "Welcome: $name, your password is: $password";
?>

Output:

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