$_FILES
Selecting $_GET or $_POST depending on the request method isn't a general solution, since it's possible for an HTTP request to have both posted content and a query string in the URI.
If you want to allow for this possibility, you can use
<?php
$req = array_merge($_GET, $_POST);
?>
or vice versa, depending on which you want to be used in the event of a clash between them.
$_REQUEST
$_REQUEST — HTTP Request variables
Description
An associative array that by default contains the contents of $_GET, $_POST and $_COOKIE.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 5.3.0 | Introduced request_order. This directive affects the contents of $_REQUEST. |
| 4.3.0 | $_FILES information was removed from $_REQUEST. |
| 4.1.0 | Introduced $_REQUEST. |
Notes
Note: This is a 'superglobal', or automatic global, variable. This simply means that it is available in all scopes throughout a script. There is no need to do global $variable; to access it within functions or methods.
Note: When running on the command line , this will not include the argv and argc entries; these are present in the $_SERVER array.
Note: The variables in $_REQUEST are provided to the script via the GET, POST, and COOKIE input mechanisms and therefore could be modified by the remote user and cannot be trusted. The presence and order of variables listed in this array is defined according to the PHP variables_order configuration directive.
See Also
- import_request_variables() - Import GET/POST/Cookie variables into the global scope
- Handling external variables
- The filter extension
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User Contributed Notes$_REQUEST
smjg at iname dot com
13-Aug-2009 10:56
13-Aug-2009 10:56
strata_ranger at hotmail dot com
17-Jul-2008 03:04
17-Jul-2008 03:04
Don't forget, because $_REQUEST is a different variable than $_GET and $_POST, it is treated as such in PHP -- modifying $_GET or $_POST elements at runtime will not affect the ellements in $_REQUEST, nor vice versa.
e.g:
<?php
$_GET['foo'] = 'a';
$_POST['bar'] = 'b';
var_dump($_GET); // Element 'foo' is string(1) "a"
var_dump($_POST); // Element 'bar' is string(1) "b"
var_dump($_REQUEST); // Does not contain elements 'foo' or 'bar'
?>
If you want to evaluate $_GET and $_POST variables by a single token without including $_COOKIE in the mix, use $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] to identify the method used and set up a switch block accordingly, e.g:
<?php
switch($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'])
{
case 'GET': $the_request = &$_GET; break;
case 'POST': $the_request = &$_POST; break;
.
. // Etc.
.
default:
}
?>