Re: FN-FORUM: PHP PostData security

date posted 27th May 2007 22:48

Alain Williams wrote:
> 1) GET forms, the form values are passed to the web server as part of the URL after a '?'.
> You are recommended to use GET forms where the form is idempotent - ie always returns
> the same answer no matter how many times you submit it, eg looking up a train time table[**].
>
> [**] OK, we do live in the UK, so maybe that wasn't the best choice of example.
>
>
Is that a comment on the reliability of trains, or the inability of
those who build train timetable websites to use GET properly? ;)

Keith