$_POST

$_POST

$HTTP_POST_VARS deprecated

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)

$_POST -- $HTTP_POST_VARS deprecated — HTTP POST variables

Description

An associative array of variables passed to the current script via the HTTP POST method when using application/x-www-form-urlencoded or multipart/form-data as the HTTP Content-Type in the request.

$HTTP_POST_VARS contains the same initial information, but is not a superglobal. (Note that $HTTP_POST_VARS and $_POST are different variables and that PHP handles them as such)

Changelog

Examples

Example #1 $_POST example

<?php
echo 'Hello ' . htmlspecialchars($_POST["name"]) . '!';
?>

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Assuming the user POSTed name=Hannes

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The above example will output something similar to:

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Hello Hannes!

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Notes

Note: This is a 'superglobal', or automatic global, variable. This simply means that it is available in all scopes throughout a script. There is no need to do global $variable; to access it within functions or methods.

See Also

• Handling external variables

• The filter extension

← $_GET

$_FILES →

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https://secure.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.post.php