if(is_array($_POST)) always = TRUE - why?

[Randell D.]

Folks,

I test if my PHP should process form data by checking if $_POST is an
array - However I always find its condition proves true - Why or
alternatvily, what other method can one use to check for this sort of
situation?

<?
if(is_array($_POST))
{ die("<h1>here</h1>"); }
?>

I have tried isset() too and this also returns TRUE when it should be
false... must I always test with a count($_POST)==0?

ideas/solutions/anyone?

most appreciated - via the newsgroup
thanks
randelld

[Andy Hassall]

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 23:00:29 GMT, "Randell D."
<yo**************************@yahoo.com> wrote:

I test if my PHP should process form data by checking if $_POST is an
array - However I always find its condition proves true - Why or
alternatvily, what other method can one use to check for this sort of
situation?
$_POST _is_ always an array.
<?
if(is_array($_POST))
{ die("<h1>here</h1>"); }
?>

I have tried isset() too and this also returns TRUE when it should be
false...
No, it should always be true. $_POST, $_GET, etc. are all superglobal arrays,
which are always defined.
must I always test with a count($_POST)==0?

Yes.

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[Daniel Tryba]

Randell D. <yo**************************@yahoo.com> wrote:

I have tried isset() too and this also returns TRUE when it should be
false... must I always test with a count($_POST)==0?

Check for a value that should be in the post (like the submit button or
other mandatory keys):

if(array_key_exists('foo',$_POST))
{
...
}

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Daniel Tryba

[R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah]

"Randell D." <yo**************************@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<hKgob.227810$pl3.442@pd7tw3no>...

Folks,

I test if my PHP should process form data by checking if $_POST is an
array - However I always find its condition proves true - Why or
alternatvily, what other method can one use to check for this sort of
situation?

<?
if(is_array($_POST))
{ die("<h1>here</h1>"); }
?>

I have tried isset() too and this also returns TRUE when it should be
false... must I always test with a count($_POST)==0?

ideas/solutions/anyone?
1. if ($_POST) //if form posted??

2. if (isset($_POST['foo'])) //if form posted by clicking "foo"
button. Can be used if more than one submit button is present or more
than one form is present.
most appreciated - via the newsgroup

Is there anyone to reply via email :-/

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[Alan Little]

Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of Randell
D. of comp.lang.php make plain:

I test if my PHP should process form data by checking if $_POST is an
array - However I always find its condition proves true - Why or
alternatvily, what other method can one use to check for this sort of
situation?

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == "POST")

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Alan Little
Phorm PHP Form Processor
http://www.phorm.com/