Get and Post Method (on friend Request)

[BSIT07-01]

Get

• This is default method.
• This is not secure method,because the input is appended to the url specified by the action attribute.
• By this method limited data can be passed by the server.
• This cause problem with foriegn langauges.
• This is easy to deal with and gives best performance.
• When Information is attached to the url then some symbols are added which have specific meanings..

A: %nn ---> for special characters,nn for hexadecimal ASCII code for characters.
B: & ---> To seperate form field
C: + ---> To replace space.
D: ? ---> To seperate the URL from form information.
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POST

• This method transfer data using HTTP post transaction.
• This approach is more secure.
• Is normally used in conditions when large amount of data is passed,as this imposes no data size limitation
• Sends all data/input of form as data stream immediatly after the requested URL.