Php/docs/reserved.variables.post

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$_POST

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

$_POSTHTTP 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.


Examples

Example #1 $_POST example

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

Assuming the user POSTed name=Hannes


The above example will output something similar to:


Hello Hannes!

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.