what's the difference between.....

[Anon]

i'm new to php and i was wondering what's the difference between using $REQUEST and $GET? they both work in passing value via url..

[Anon]

to quote the manual

$_GET : An associative array of variables passed to the current script via the HTTP GET method. Automatically global in any scope.

$REQUEST : An associative array consisting of the contents of $GET, $POST, $COOKIE, and $_FILES.

[Anon]

$_REQUEST has more stuff in it. Here are the definitions:

$_GET - contains form variables sent through GET

$_REQUEST - a merge of the GET variables, POST variables and Cookie variables. In other words - all the information that is coming from the user, and that from a security point of view, cannot be trusted.