Handling Form Data with PHP
Capture and process form data using PHP.
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Handling Form Data with PHP
Welcome to the next lesson! In this lesson, you’ll learn how to process data submitted through HTML forms using PHP. Let’s dive in and make your forms functional!
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How PHP Handles Form Data
When a user submits a form, the data is sent to a PHP script specified in the form's action attribute. PHP processes this data using $_GET or $_POST superglobals.
Key Point: Use $_POST for sensitive data and $_GET for non-sensitive data that can appear in the URL.
All lessons in this course
- Creating HTML Forms
- Handling Form Data with PHP
- Form Validation