3.9. Working with Forms
Up to now, you have seen how to write simple PHP applications. However, for building interactive Web sites it is necessary to allow the user to insert data into so-called forms. The content of such forms can be transmitted to the server and a PHP script can react based on the data sent to it. Interacting with a Web server can be done with two methods called GET and POST.
3.9.1. GET and POST
The methods GET and POST are described in RFC2068, which is longer than 160 pages. In this section you learn about the main ideas behind GET and POST, and you learn to use these two methods efficiently.
3.9.1.1. GET
GET is the standard request method for retrieving data from a Web server. When calling a Web site, GET is used to get ...
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