---
title: "PHP $_POST Function"
description: "The built-in $_POST function is used to collect values from a form sent with method=\"post\". Information sent from a form with the POST method is invis"
author: "Anonymous User"
published: 2011-09-09
updated: 2019-09-07
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/723/php-_post-function
category: "php"
tags: ["php"]
reading_time: 2 minutes
---
# PHP $_POST Function
The built-in $_POST [function](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/43970/purchase-suitable-wedding-dresses-for-your-wedding-function) is used to [collect](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/34468/how-do-you-collect-and-clean-datasets) [values](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159360/how-to-write-sql-query-to-join-comma-separated-values) from a form sent with method="post". Information sent from a form with the [POST method](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/34130/how-to-add-data-into-the-post-method-of-a-form-in-extjs) is invisible to [others](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/83440/supreme-court-gives-clean-chit-to-pm-and-others-in-gujarat-riots) and has [limits](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34268/what-are-the-gov-limits-in-the-salesforce-com) up to 8mb amount of information to send.\
Let’s we have an example, how to collect information from form with the help ‘post’ method.
##### Example:
```
Post Methods
```
Now when user [click](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12423/social-login-magento-2-one-click-to-register-social) on ‘Submit’ [button](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/63/how-to-add-button-in-datagridview-in-csharp-dot-net), the URL send to the [server](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/43769/what-is-serverless-architecture-is-it-worth-switching-over) will look like this:
http://localhost:85/MySiteFile/PostExampleOutput.php
The ‘PostExampleOutput.php’ page will contain the following code.
```
Post Methods "; echo "you are ". $_POST['age']."years old"; ?>
```
##### Output:
Now fill the entire field and click on ‘Submit’ button.
##### $_Request Function:
In PHP, There is a built function ‘$_Request’, which is used for collect the information from form either it is used ‘GET’ method for submitting form or ‘POST’ method.
Let’s we have an example, how to used $_Request function in PHP.
##### Example: Use $_Request function when form use ‘POST’ method.
```
Request Methods
```
##### The ‘RequestExampleOutput.php’ page will contain the following code.
```
Request Methods "; echo "you are ". $_REQUEST['age']."years old"; ?>
```
##### Output:
Now fill the entire field and click on ‘Submit’ button.
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