Unit-4: PHP Basics

Web Development
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B.E. 5TH Semester

Difference GET v/s POST

No. GET POST
GET is less secure compared to POST is a little safer than GET
POST because data sent is part of because the parameters are not
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the URL stored in browser history or in
web server logs
Data is visible to everyone in the Data is not displayed in the URL
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URL
$_GET[] is used to request data $_POST is used to request data
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from a specified resource. from a specified resource.
GET Parameters remain in POST Parameters are not saved in
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browser history browser history
5 GET requests can be cached POST requests are never cached
GET requests remain in the POST requests do not remain in
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browser history the browser history
GET requests can be bookmarked POST requests cannot be
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bookmarked
In GET method we can not send In POST method large amount of
large amount of data rather data can be sent because the
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request parameter is appended into the body.
into the URL.
GET requests have length POST requests have no
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restrictions restrictions on data length
In GET method Only ASCII POST there is no restrictions.
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characters allowed Binary data is also allowed
Data passed through GET method Data passed through POST
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attackers.