[FX.php List] GET vs. POST in a web app

[Dale Bengston]

I almost never use GET. I don't like the idea of hanging all my  
parameters out in the URL.

Dale

On May 4, 2007, at 11:12 AM, Tom Sepper wrote:

> I rarely, rarely use GET. I suggest using sessions and POST to manage
> control.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org
> [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Bob Patin
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 11:11 AM
> To: FX.php Discussion List
> Subject: [FX.php List] GET vs. POST in a web app
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> I'm finishing up a large project for a client whose users will be a
> group of hospitals and physicians. The whole project is finished--or
> should I say, it WAS finished--until the end client (a hospital
> person) noticed that using the BACK button caused the POST warning to
> come up, since so many pages were displaying the results of various
> POSTs.
>
> So my client asked me if I could go through the site and replace all
> the POSTs with GETs. I cautioned him, pointing out the fact that
> everything would be in the clear, including passwords, but he asked
> me to go forward with the change anyway.
>
> So I did so... and immediately saw that logins didn't work because
> the @ sign in emails would break the URL in a GET. I then saw that
> editing a user's profile, which contained email addresses, as well as
> possible URLs, would also not work using GETs.
>
> So to have an answer ready for them, here's my question: is there a
> way, using a GET command, to make it work with @ signs and various
> other special symbols that URLs use? I don't want to go down this
> road, but I'm anticipating their insistence on trying to make this  
> work.
>
> Before you tell me, I know and agree that using GETs like this is an
> awful idea, but the client (the end-user) is concerned about how the
> BACK button causes problems. How do you guys get around this, or do  
> you?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob Patin
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