$_POST is useful for FORM data -- it urldecodes the data, and assumes
it's something somebody would actually type into a FORM. This would
be what 99.9% of websites need and want.
$HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA gives you ALL the raw encoded data to parse as you
see fit. This covers the rest of the needs.
I
Accessing $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA is similar to reading php://input which
I mentioned in my previous email.
I am not quite sure what is $_POST useful for. It is intended for
reading urlencoded data which it does only in special cases (no \0 or
\5C chars) and everyone has to parse it himself. Did I mis
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