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HTML Form Handling in PHP
Review

You’re ready to start handling forms in PHP!

To review:

  • <?= is shorthand for <?php echo.
  • PHP provides superglobals which can be accessed anywhere in the script.
    • $_GET is an associative array containing data from a GET request.
    • $_POST is an associative array containing data from a POST request.
    • $_REQUEST is an associative array containing data from both GET and POST requests. It should only be used if you don’t care which method was used.
  • The array keys in the PHP request superglobals are set by the name attributes in the HTML form, which need to be unique.
  • The action attribute is used to specify which file should handle data from the form request.

Instructions

This code contains two forms:

  • A form using the GET method, which is submitted and handled by handle_get.php.
  • A form using the POST method, which is submitted back to the same file (no action attribute).

Use these forms to check your understanding of how PHP handles the form inputs.

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