Not entirely true. *get_vars* is holding all parameters in a GET request. The only way to pass parameters in a GET request is to have ?var1=1&var2=2 as part of the url. *post_vars* is holding all parameters sent in a POST request. Here's the catch: in CGI there are multiple ways to submit params in a POST request: - with the "query string" - with body holding the "query string" (application/x-www-form-urlencoded) - with body holding a mime format (multipart/form-data)
web2py "merges" *get_vars* and *post_vars* in *vars*. FORM and all derivations of SQLFORM use a form with method="POST" and enctype=multipart/form-data unless specified otherwise, and usually the action where they POST is the same page that generated the form itself (postbacks) without a "query string" (web2py has nicer and cleaner urls, so usually coders don't fiddle a lot with ?verylong=1&filled_with_parameters=1&thatyoucantevenread=2 "query string"). The fact that there's a *get_vars* and a *post_vars* clearly lead to assume that *get_** is only filled with GET requests and *post_* *gets only filled with POST requests. We were slowly accepting instead that *get_vars* was something more like *parsed_query_string*, because the previous code merged them preferring the parameter passed with POST over GET if the content-type was multipart. The new streamlined method kinda "followed the flow" (my fault). As discussed in issue 1647 *get_vars* should only be filled with the parsed "query string" in a GET request, not in a POST one. For all intents and purposes, a POST request to an url with some parameters in "query string" and some parameters in the body needs to be parsed into * post_vars* only, as if the parameters sent with the "query string" were indeed included in the body. On Thursday, August 22, 2013 11:50:45 AM UTC+2, Tim Richardson wrote: > > Not directly related, but this issue has made me more aware of the > difference between GET and POST while using web2py. > Is this correct: > Variables sent from one of web2py's forms (FORM, SQLFORM, SQLFORM.factory, > etc) are POSTed, I think (by default) > URL variables are GETted. > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
