Re: [PHP] newbie with php/HTML question

On 27 Apr 2008, at 22:40, Rod Clay wrote:
> I've written my php script to accept either:
>
> 1) url parameters, when first invoked (so in this case I'm getting  
> variables out of the $_GET global array), but then I create a form  
> with method=PUT and, when this form is submitted and comes back into  
> this same php script, I'm looking for
>
> 2) variables in the $_PUT global array
>
> However, I tested this just now and, for some reason I can't fathom,  
> though the form I create has method=PUT, when it is submitted and  
> comes back to my php script, $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] still  
> contains "GET".
>
> Am I missing something fairly obvious here (quite possible!)?
>
> Once my php script is invoked with parameters in the url (i.e.,  
> implicit GET method), am I not able to create a form with method=PUT  
> and have this form come back into my php script with values in the  
> $_PUT global array??
>
> Thanks for any help anyone can give me!  I'm stumped!

You want POST not PUT. Nearly all browsers don't currently support PUT  
requests.

-Stut

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