GET and POST

[Shelly]

I have a question that is going to make me look stupid, but as I am new to
html and php (2 months), I'll as it anyway.

I have been using POST as the action and to get values that were input. I
understand that GET could also be used as the action (not just to get stuff
after the "?" which I understand).

a. When should GEt be used and when should POST be used?
b. What is the difference between the two?

Thanks.

Shelly

[Andy Hassall]

Re: GET and POST

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 21:43:29 GMT, "Shelly" <sheldonlg.news @asap-consult.com>
wrote:
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>I have a question that is going to make me look stupid, but as I am new to
>html and php (2 months), I'll as it anyway.
>
>I have been using POST as the action and to get values that were input. I
>understand that GET could also be used as the action (not just to get stuff
>after the "?" which I understand).
>
>a. When should GEt be used and when should POST be used?
>b. What is the difference between the two?[/color]

Over to the standard which has a brief explanation:

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#h-17.13.1

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[John Dunlop]

Re: GET and POST

Shelly wrote:
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> a. When should GEt be used and when should POST be used?[/color]

The choice between the two rests on the test of 'idempotency',
in an ideal world. Our world isn't ideal, however, and there
are other things to ask yourself. How much weight you attach
to each consideration depends on the scenario. A good
description of some things to take into account is

http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/whenToUseGet.html

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> b. What is the difference between the two?[/color]

With respect to the methods themselves, the HTTP draft answers
that. How they relate to HTML forms is covered in the HTML
spec. Tim and Andy gave the links.

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Jock