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$_REQUEST - HTTP Request variables
An associative array that by default contains the contents of $_GET, $_POST and $_COOKIE.
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|Version | |
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| | Description |
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| 5.3.0 | |
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| | Introduced request_order. This directive affects |
| | the contents of $_REQUEST. |
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| 4.3.0 | |
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| | $_FILES information was removed from $_REQUEST. |
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| 4.1.0 | |
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| | Introduced $_REQUEST. |
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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.
Note
When running on the command line , this will not include the argv and argc entries; these are present in the $_SERVER array.
Note
The variables in $_REQUEST are provided to the script via the GET, POST, and COOKIE input mechanisms and therefore could be modi-
fied by the remote user and cannot be trusted. The presence and order of variables listed in this array is defined according to the
PHP variables_order configuration directive.
import_request_variables(3), Handling external variables, The filter extension.
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