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PHP Form: Instructor: Eng Abdilahi Mohamud Omar

This document discusses PHP form handling and the $_GET, $_POST, and $_REQUEST functions. An HTML form with name and age fields is submitted to a PHP file which then echoes the submitted values. The $_GET function retrieves values from a form submitted via GET, while $_POST retrieves values from a form submitted via POST. $_REQUEST contains values from GET, POST, and cookies.

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PHP Form: Instructor: Eng Abdilahi Mohamud Omar

This document discusses PHP form handling and the $_GET, $_POST, and $_REQUEST functions. An HTML form with name and age fields is submitted to a PHP file which then echoes the submitted values. The $_GET function retrieves values from a form submitted via GET, while $_POST retrieves values from a form submitted via POST. $_REQUEST contains values from GET, POST, and cookies.

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PHP Form

Instructor: Eng Abdilahi Mohamud Omar


PHP Form Handling

• The most important thing to notice when


dealing with HTML forms and PHP is that any
form element in an HTML page will
automatically be available to your PHP scripts.

Instructor: Eng Abdilahi Mohamud Omar


Example

• The example below contains an HTML form


with two input fields and a submit button:

<html>
<body>

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


Name: <input type="text" name="fname" />
Age: <input type="text" name="age" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>

Instructor: Eng Abdilahi Mohamud Omar


• When a user fills out the form above and click
on the submit button, the form data is sent to
a PHP file, called "welcome.php":
• "welcome.php" looks like this:

Instructor: Eng Abdilahi Mohamud Omar


<html>
<body>

Welcome <?php echo $_POST["fname"]; ?>!<br />


You are <?php echo $_POST["age"]; ?> years old.

</body>
</html>

Output could be something like this:

Welcome Abdialahi!
You are 28 years old.

Instructor: Eng Abdilahi Mohamud Omar


PHP $_GET Function

• The built-in $_GET function is used to collect


values in a form with method="get".
• The $_GET Function

The built-in $_GET function is used to collect values


from a form sent with method="get".
Information sent from a form with the GET method
is visible to everyone (it will be displayed in the
browser's address bar) and has limits on the
amount of information to send.
Instructor: Eng Abdilahi Mohamud Omar
<form action="welcome.php" method="get">
Name: <input type="text" name="fname" />
Age: <input type="text" name="age" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>

When the user clicks the "Submit" button, the URL sent to the server could look
something like this:

The "welcome.php" file can now use the $_GET function to collect form data (the
names of the form fields will automatically be the keys in the $_GET array):

Welcome <?php echo $_GET["fname"]; ?>.<br />


You are <?php echo $_GET["age"]; ?> years old!

Instructor: Eng Abdilahi Mohamud Omar


When to use method="get"?

• When using method="get" in HTML forms, all variable


names and values are displayed in the URL.
• Note: This method should not be used when sending
passwords or other sensitive information!
• However, because the variables are displayed in the
URL, it is possible to bookmark the page. This can be
useful in some cases.
• Note: The get method is not suitable for very large
variable values. It should not be used with values
exceeding 2000 characters.

Instructor: Eng Abdilahi Mohamud Omar


PHP $_POST Function

• The built-in $_POST function is used to collect


values from a form sent with method="post".
• Information sent from a form with the POST
method is invisible to others and has no limits
on the amount of information to send.
• Note: However, there is an 8 Mb max size for
the POST method, by default (can be changed
by setting the post_max_size in the php.ini file).

Instructor: Eng Abdilahi Mohamud Omar


<form action="welcome.php" method="post">
Name: <input type="text" name="fname" />
Age: <input type="text" name="age" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>

When the user clicks the "Submit" button, the URL will look like this:

The "welcome.php" file can now use the $_POST function to collect form data (the
names of the form fields will automatically be the keys in the $_POST array):

Welcome <?php echo $_POST["fname"]; ?>!<br />


You are <?php echo $_POST["age"]; ?> years old.

Instructor: Eng Abdilahi Mohamud Omar


When to use method="post"?

Information sent from a form with the POST method is


invisible to others and has no limits on the amount of
information to send.
However, because the variables are not displayed in
the URL, it is not possible to bookmark the page.

Instructor: Eng Abdilahi Mohamud Omar


The PHP $_REQUEST Function

• The PHP built-in $_REQUEST function contains


the contents of both $_GET, $_POST, and
$_COOKIE.
• The $_REQUEST function can be used to
collect form data sent with both the GET and
POST methods.
• Example
Welcome <?php echo $_REQUEST["fname"]; ?>!<br />
You are <?php echo $_REQUEST["age"]; ?> years old.

Instructor: Eng Abdilahi Mohamud Omar

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