$_post, $_get & $_request????

[life31]

Any good PHP programmers out here? Needed some help?

I have seen many peoples using $_REQUEST instead of using $_POST or $_GET. And it works.

What does that $_REQUEST stand for?
Any significance about it?
When do i use $_REQUEST instead of GET or POST?

[Surreal]

You really don't need to use $_REQUEST instead of $_GET or $_POST. The $_REQUEST variable actually contains both the $_GET and $_POST within it. You can just carry on using $GET and $_POST rather than $_REQUEST.

[life31]

Thanks for the clarifaction. I always do use GET and POST and now its become a habbit sort of.

So its something like difficult to break habbits.But i think this indeed is a good habbit

[Surreal]

It's no problem. And yes, using $_GET and $_POST is a good habit to get into as others who might eventually read your code would understand where the "data" was coming from.