GET and POST methods
Does anyone know exactly when to use the GET and when to use the POST methods, why and why not?


Thanks in advance.
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whenever u will use post method it will send all the information of form but will not display on url
but when u will use get method it will pass all the info in url

Use PHP.net, i always use that to clarify what commands are about.

get you work on url
Ex:
www.dbforums.com/id=30
in php for get value in url $_GET['id']

<?php
$id = $_GET['id'];
echo 'Id is: ' . $id;
?>

Result is :

Id is: 30

in post you send a value of input in a form for the page in the action

<form method="Post" action="post.php">
<input type="text" name="text_post">
<input type="submit" name="Send">
</form>

"post.php"

<?php
$post_value = $_POST['text_post'];
echo "Post = " . $post_value;
?>

Result is:

Post = 'Value of Input text'

difference is that information sent from a form with get method is visible to everyone. it means this will be visible in get method. but in post method the information will not visible to everyone.

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