On Saturday 03 August 2002 12:55, Bob Lockie wrote: > >$_REQUEST holds everything from $_GET, $_POST, and $_COOKIE combined, thus > > you cannot differentiate where the value came from. > > > >If you want to be sure, be specific and use one of $_GET/$_POST/$_COOKIE. > > There is no reason other than knowing where it came from to choose one > method over the other? For *most* applications it would seem that using > REQUEST is better planning.
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