Getting ALl POSTed variables

mrhinman

I vaguely remember seeing an easy way to get all POSTed variables in one easy line rather than defining each variable like this:

$name = $POST['name'];
$address = $POST['address'];

I forget how to make it happen in one line. Reminders? Suggestions?

Thanks!

laserlight

Perhaps you have [man]extract/man in mind, but I would rather deal with each incoming variable separately to ensure that I am handling it correctly.

mrhinman

Thanks! That's what it was. I hate defining each variable if I don't have to. The skinnier the code, the better.

laserlight

I hate defining each variable if I don't have to.

Using extract() in this case could lead to the problem for which register_globals was disabled by default in PHP 5. Read the PHP manual on (Not) Using Register Globals and warning in the PHP manual entry on extract().

The skinnier the code, the better.

That's true as long as readability, security and required efficiency is not sacrified. (Oh, and of course, if the code works as specified. 🙂 )