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<h1 class="refname">$_REQUEST</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">$_REQUEST</span> — <span class="dc-title">HTTP Request variables</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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An associative <span class="type"><a href="language.types.array.html" class="type array">array</a></span> that by default contains the contents of
<var class="varname"><var class="varname"><a href="reserved.variables.get.html" class="classname">$_GET</a></var></var>,
<var class="varname"><var class="varname"><a href="reserved.variables.post.html" class="classname">$_POST</a></var></var> and
<var class="varname"><var class="varname"><a href="reserved.variables.cookies.html" class="classname">$_COOKIE</a></var></var>.
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<h3 class="title">Changelog</h3>
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<td>5.3.0</td>
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Introduced <a href="ini.core.html#ini.request-order" class="link">request_order</a>.
This directive affects the contents of <var class="varname"><var class="varname">$_REQUEST</var></var>.
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<td>4.3.0</td>
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<var class="varname"><var class="varname"><a href="reserved.variables.files.html" class="classname">$_FILES</a></var></var> information
was removed from <var class="varname"><var class="varname">$_REQUEST</var></var>.
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<td>4.1.0</td>
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Introduced <var class="varname"><var class="varname">$_REQUEST</var></var>.
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <p class="para">This is a 'superglobal', or
automatic global, variable. This simply means that it is available in
all scopes throughout a script. There is no need to do
<strong class="command">global $variable;</strong> to access it within functions or methods.
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
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When running on the <a href="features.commandline.html" class="link">command line
</a>, this will <em class="emphasis">not</em> include the
<a href="reserved.variables.argv.html" class="link">argv</a> and
<a href="reserved.variables.argc.html" class="link">argc</a> entries; these are
present in the <var class="varname"><var class="varname"><a href="reserved.variables.server.html" class="classname">$_SERVER</a></var></var>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.array.html" class="type array">array</a></span>.
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
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The variables in <var class="varname"><var class="varname">$_REQUEST</var></var> are provided to the
script via the GET, POST, and COOKIE input mechanisms and
therefore could be modified by the remote user and cannot be
trusted. The presence and order of variables listed in this array
is defined according to the
PHP <a href="ini.core.html#ini.variables-order" class="link">variables_order</a>
configuration directive.
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-reserved.variables.request-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.import-request-variables.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">import_request_variables()</a> - Import GET/POST/Cookie variables into the global scope</span></li>
<li class="member"><a href="language.variables.external.html" class="link">Handling external variables</a></li>
<li class="member"><a href="book.filter.html" class="link">The filter extension</a></li>
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