Re: [PHP] Submitting as POST. Why?

2007-04-10 Thread Richard Lynch
On Fri, April 6, 2007 7:35 pm, barophobia wrote: I only know of one reason to submit a form as POST and that is because you can submit more data in one shot. What other reasons are there? #1 If it changes anything [*] on the server it MUST be POST and not GET. If you don't grak this, put it

Re: [PHP] Submitting as POST. Why?

2007-04-10 Thread Richard Lynch
On Fri, April 6, 2007 7:44 pm, Mike Shanley wrote: With POST, everything stays hidden, mostly untamperable, and I must take exception to this statement... Step 1. Use your browser's Save As... menu to save the HTML FORM page to your hard drive. Step 2. Change any damn thing you want in the

Re: [PHP] Submitting as POST. Why?

2007-04-07 Thread Tijnema !
On 4/7/07, Paul Novitski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: barophobia wrote: I only know of one reason to submit a form as POST and that is because you can submit more data in one shot. At 4/6/2007 05:44 PM, Mike Shanley wrote: When you submit via GET, all the info shows up in the URL, so people can

Re: [PHP] Submitting as POST. Why?

2007-04-07 Thread Børge Holen
On Saturday 07 April 2007 05:56, Paul Novitski wrote: barophobia wrote: I only know of one reason to submit a form as POST and that is because you can submit more data in one shot. At 4/6/2007 05:44 PM, Mike Shanley wrote: When you submit via GET, all the info shows up in the URL, so people

Re: [PHP] Submitting as POST. Why?

2007-04-07 Thread Stut
barophobia wrote: I only know of one reason to submit a form as POST and that is because you can submit more data in one shot. What other reasons are there? The difference between get and post is not what you *can* do, it's what you *should* do. Get, as the name implies, should be used

Re: [PHP] Submitting as POST. Why?

2007-04-07 Thread JM Guillermin
] To: php-general php-general@lists.php.net Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 2:35 AM Subject: [PHP] Submitting as POST. Why? My Peeps, I only know of one reason to submit a form as POST and that is because you can submit more data in one shot. What other reasons are there? Chris. -- PHP

Re: [PHP] Submitting as POST. Why?

2007-04-07 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 11:10 +0100, Stut wrote: These implied rules have existed since HTTP was invented, and when you think about it they make a lot of sense. They also get emphasized by the existance of so-called web accelerators that simply pre-fetch URLs on the page the user is viewing.

Re: [PHP] Submitting as POST. Why?

2007-04-07 Thread Stut
Robert Cummings wrote: On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 11:10 +0100, Stut wrote: These implied rules have existed since HTTP was invented, and when you think about it they make a lot of sense. They also get emphasized by the existance of so-called web accelerators that simply pre-fetch URLs on the page

Re: [PHP] Submitting as POST. Why?

2007-04-07 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 13:59 +0100, Stut wrote: Robert Cummings wrote: On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 11:10 +0100, Stut wrote: These implied rules have existed since HTTP was invented, and when you think about it they make a lot of sense. They also get emphasized by the existance of so-called web

Re: [PHP] Submitting as POST. Why?

2007-04-07 Thread tedd
At 9:11 PM -0400 4/6/07, Robert Cummings wrote: On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 20:44 -0400, Mike Shanley wrote: With POST, everything stays hidden, mostly untamperable, and Bullshit. It is VERY easy to tamper with post data. Please provide an example. Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com

Re: [PHP] Submitting as POST. Why?

2007-04-07 Thread Paul Novitski
At 4/7/2007 03:10 AM, Stut wrote: The difference between get and post is not what you *can* do, it's what you *should* do. Get, as the name implies, should be used when retrieving a page. The URL, including the query string, should contain info needed to retrieve the right page. No

Re: [PHP] Submitting as POST. Why?

2007-04-07 Thread Edward Vermillion
On Apr 7, 2007, at 9:26 AM, tedd wrote: At 9:11 PM -0400 4/6/07, Robert Cummings wrote: On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 20:44 -0400, Mike Shanley wrote: With POST, everything stays hidden, mostly untamperable, and Bullshit. It is VERY easy to tamper with post data. Please provide an example.

Re: [PHP] Submitting as POST. Why?

2007-04-07 Thread Robert Cummings
On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 10:26 -0400, tedd wrote: At 9:11 PM -0400 4/6/07, Robert Cummings wrote: On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 20:44 -0400, Mike Shanley wrote: With POST, everything stays hidden, mostly untamperable, and Bullshit. It is VERY easy to tamper with post data. Please provide an

[PHP] Submitting as POST. Why?

2007-04-06 Thread barophobia
My Peeps, I only know of one reason to submit a form as POST and that is because you can submit more data in one shot. What other reasons are there? Chris. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] Submitting as POST. Why?

2007-04-06 Thread Jochem Maas
barophobia wrote: My Peeps, I only know of one reason to submit a form as POST and that is because you can submit more data in one shot. What other reasons are there? upload a file? not have bag of cruft in the url/addressbar? because POST and GET are semantically different ... POST

Re: [PHP] Submitting as POST. Why?

2007-04-06 Thread Mike Shanley
Chris, When you submit via GET, all the info shows up in the URL, so people can tamper with it however they like. Also, people can bookmark it as well. With POST, everything stays hidden, mostly untamperable, and unbookmarkable. POST might sound clearly better, but unless it's important

Re: [PHP] Submitting as POST. Why?

2007-04-06 Thread Robert Cummings
On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 20:44 -0400, Mike Shanley wrote: Chris, When you submit via GET, all the info shows up in the URL, so people can tamper with it however they like. Also, people can bookmark it as well. Quite true. With POST, everything stays hidden, mostly untamperable, and

Re: [PHP] Submitting as POST. Why?

2007-04-06 Thread Paul Novitski
barophobia wrote: I only know of one reason to submit a form as POST and that is because you can submit more data in one shot. At 4/6/2007 05:44 PM, Mike Shanley wrote: When you submit via GET, all the info shows up in the URL, so people can tamper with it however they like. Also, people