_GET parameter size limit

gizz

Hi,

I'd like to know whether there is a limit in the number of characters of a
$_GET parameter ?

Thanks in advance !

Jun 7 '07 #1

purcaholic

On 7 Jun., 09:14, "gizz" <g...@nospam.orgwrote: The size of get depends on used browser. Some support 2000 character,
some more. I would recommend to use post, if send data has more than
255 character.

purcaholic

Jun 7 '07 #2

gizz

The size of get depends on used browser. Some support 2000 character, Do you mean there is no size limit for _POST data ?

Jun 7 '07 #3

Rik

On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:12:53 +0200, gizz <gizz@nospam.orgwrote:
Only what is configured on the webserver AFAIK.
If you upload files, you essentially POST them, so go figure :-)
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Jun 7 '07 #4

=?ISO-8859-15?Q?Iv=E1n_S=E1nchez_Ortega?=

purcaholic wrote:
I don't think so: I recall (4+ years ago) having my browser send 10+ KiB of
data to the server, and the server parsing only the first 8 KiB.

I agree on the "256 bytes max if you want to be sure" rule of thumb, though.


Also, keep in mind the recommendations from the guys who invented the web
thing:
- Use the GET method when querying information
- Use the POST method when sending information to the server

e.g. use GET for search forms, but use POST for configuration forms. And
never ever use GET for "delete" links, or you'll discover that your entire
content has been delete by a web crawler.

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Jun 7 '07 #5

purcaholic

On 7 Jun., 12:00, Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivansanchez-...@rroba-
escomposlinux.-.punto.-.orgwrote:
You can limit the size of allowed data also by the server.

See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/en/...questfieldsize
The default configuration in Apache HTTP-Server allows only 8190
bytes.

purcaholic

Jun 7 '07 #6

purcaholic

On 7 Jun., 11:12, "gizz" <g...@nospam.orgwrote: Post data is also limited, but you can send more data using post. See
"post_max_size" setting in your php configuration.
The default php setting should accept 8 MB of data. Drill off the
setting, if you need more.

Jun 7 '07 #7