How to Use GET method in PHP

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The GET Method sends the encoded user information appended to the page request. The page and the encoded information are separated by the ? Character.
http://www.test.com/index.htm?name=value1&name2=value2


  1. The GET method produces a long string that appears in your server logs, in the browser's Location: box.
  2. The GET method is restricted to send upto 1024 characters only.
  3. Never use GET method if you have password or other sensitive information to be sent to the server.
  4. GET can't be used to sent by GET method can be accessed using QUERY_STRING environment variable.
  5. The PHP provides $_GET associative array to access all the sent information using GET method.


Try out following example by putting the source code in test.php script.
<?php
if( $_GET["name"] || $_GET["age"] )
{
echo "Welcome ". $_GET['name']. "<br/>";
echo "You are ". $_GET['age']. "years old.";
exit();
}
<html>
<body>
<form action="<?php $_PHP_SELF ?>" method="GET">
Name: <input type="text" name="name" />
Age: <input type="text" name="age" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

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