_GET['my_name'], _POST['my_name']

Say I may have some pages one send "my_name" in the form as "post", One might send "my_name" in the url as "get"

Both pages will send values to my_profile.php.

in my_profile.php

I will have to set up like this

if isset(GET['my_name'])
$my_name=GET['my_name'];
elseif isset(POST['my_name'])
$my_name=POST['my_name'];
else
$my_name="";

Is there any simple way, let me grab the value by one statement, no matter it is post or get.

(I remembered in the old ASP time, I can use one statmenet to grab the value no matter it is "post" or "get")

With "register_globals off" and with the php update to 5 in mind, what is the cleanest statement to grab the values from form/url/cookie ?

Thanks!

Try this

$_REQUEST = array_merge($_POST,$_GET,$_COOKIE);

echo $_REQUEST["name"]."<br>";
echo $_REQUEST["address"];