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post

function post($var, $default = null)

Returns element with name specified in the first parameter from the $_POST array. If element is not found, returns default value, specified in the second parameter. This function is useful for form processing.

Parameters

  • $var - string. Specifies POST element name to return.
  • $default - mixed, default NULL. Specifies a default element value.

Return value

Returns mixed value.

Examples

The following code fetches the 'name' POST element and if there is no such element, uses string "John".

$name = post('name', 'John');

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