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HTML POST vs GET & Form Validations

The method attribute in Html forms can either take GET or POST value. We will what each method does and when to use it

What is GET?

The GET method is when data is not protected when transmitted. This means the data which is sent is less protected and easily intercepted

The GET method is used mainly for search queries where the entered data is not sensitive or private

The GET method sends the data of form or a search query through the url. So it is visible and less protected

The GET method can only transmit a maximum of 2,048 characters

This is the default method used in Html forms

What is POST?

POST method makes sures that data is not visible or send through the url. This makes it more secure and reliable

The POST method is mainly used to transmit very sensitive data such as credit card details and passwords

POST method allows encryption of data making it more secure and less likely to be hacked

The POST method allows unlimited characters to be transmitted

It is better to always use POST for any kind of form except for search bars

POST vs GET

The POST method can tranmit more data than GET

The GET method is less secure than POST

POST allows encryption - enctype

GET method executes much faster and through urls

More on HTML forms

We will look at some more attributes which are used in HTML forms

These attributes are not neccessary but is needed for certain situations

formaction - used to send the form details to a different PHP file from which was defined by the action attribute in forms

formenctype - change the encoding type used

formnovalidate - doesn't require to validate the form

formmethod - change the method

We will see the how to apply them in HTML codes

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HTML Validations

This topic is mainly focused on Javascripting and PHP but, even HTML has some attributes which can be used to validate the data entered

min - used for number input types where it defines the lowest possible number which can be entered

min - used for number input types where it defines the highest possible number which can be entered

autofocus - makes sure the input field is automatically highlighted when the page is loaded

placeholder - used to hint the user what kind of data to be entered

value - defines the default value to be accepted if no data was entered. The value attribute of an input tag holds the data entered and this is the attribute which the PHP files uses to read the data

name - this attribute is required for every input tag or else data will not be transmitted. This acts the variable name of the value that is entered

pattern - defines a pattern for how data should be entered. Look up Regex!

Step - used for number inputs where the number entered must be a multiple of the step value

multiple - allows multiple values, used for file inputs and select elements

More will be discussed under Javascript and PHP





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