$_POST
PHP function
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Form data from HTTP POST requests
Description
An associative array of variables passed to the current script via the HTTP POST method when using application/x-www-form-urlencoded or multipart/form-data as the HTTP Content-Type in the request.
Examples
$_POST example
php
<?php
echo 'Hello ' . htmlspecialchars($_POST["name"]) . '!';
?>Assuming the user sent a POST request with name=Hannes in the body.
The above example will output something similar to:
output
Hello Hannes!Notes Is-superglobal
Note
To read POST data sent with other content types (e.g. application/json or application/xml) php://input must be used. Unlike $_POST, which only works with application/x-www-form-urlencoded and multipart/form-data, php://input provides direct access to the raw data from the body of the request.