POST and GET method on the same page

[ArizonaJohn]

Hello,

 

I would like to make a variable $find equal to $_POST['find'] if the user is landing on the page after using the POST method, but on the same page make $find equal to $_GET['find'] if the user is landing on the page after using the GET method.

 

How do I do that?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

John

 

 

 

$find = $_GET['find'];

$find = $_POST['find'];

[Alex]

Are they for the same thing? If so just use $_REQUEST which is like a hybrid of the two.

[elis]

 

Not tested, but something like this?

<?php

if(isset($_POST['find'])) {
$find = $_POST['find'];
}
elseif(isset($_GET['find'])) {
$find = $_GET['find'];
}

[ArizonaJohn]

Thanks everyone for the answers... they all seem good/correct to me.  But they didn't solve the larger problem that I was trying to solve: implementing pagination.  I guess I'll just put pagination on the back burner for now.

[elis]

Well, can be a little tricky but here's a code I'm using to print "previous" and "next" links and pull content from the database based on their positions - which could be considered a ghetto form of pagination, if you tweaked it a bit, it might lead you in the direction you want.

 

<?php

$counter = 0; //counter used to count results - goal is to print 10 results per "page"
			if($_GET['end']) { //if "end" is set in the url, assign it to perpage
			$perpage = $_GET['end'];
			} 
			else {
			$perpage = 10; //if "end" is not set in the url, end the page at 10 results
			}
			if($_GET['start']) { //same as above, but for the "start" number of the query
			$startpage = $_GET['start'];
			}
			else {
			$startpage = 0;
			}
			$sqlRM = "SELECT * FROM relationshipManagement WHERE candidates_id = '$id' ORDER BY date DESC LIMIT $startpage, $perpage";
			$conn->open();
			$stmtRM = $conn->prepare($sqlRM);
			$stmtRM->execute();
			if($stmtRM->rowCount() > 0) {



				while ($rm = $stmtRM->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
						//removed, not of any importance

			if($rm['notes']) {
			// removed, not of any importance
			$counter++; //increment counter for each row pulled from the database
			}
			}

		if($_GET['start'] > 0) { //if "start" is greater than 0, then subtract 10 to create a "previous" link and allow the user to go to the "previous" set of results
		$start = $_GET['start'] - 10;
		$per= $_GET['end'] - 10;
		echo '<span align="right"><a href="?id=' . $id . '&start=' . $start . '&end=' . $per . '"> << Prev </a></span>';
		}

		if($counter >= 10) { //if the counter is greater or equal than 10, then set "start" as the previous "end" number and add 10 to the new end number - creates a "next" page for the next 10 results
		$startpage = $perpage;
		$perpage += 10;
		echo '<span align="left"><a href="?id=' . $id . '&start=' . $startpage . '&end=' . $perpage . '">Next >> </a></span>';
		}

			echo '</div></div>';

			?> 

 

 

So this works as:

http://yoursite.com?start=20&end=30

the code manipulates "start" and "end" to retrieve the next and previous set of results from the database.

Adding numbers to create actual pagination would probably involve creating a second counter and printing the actual number instead of "next" and "previous" links.

 

Also, the above isn't sanitized at all. If you choose to mimic it, remember to add security.