These two methods enables communication between the Client and the Server

1. GET:

-> Requests data from a specific source

-> Query string, name/value pairs sent in the URL itself. Example : /test/demo_form.php?name1=value1&name2=value2

-> Request can be cached

-> Request remains in the browser history

-> Request can of restricted lenght only (Max URL lenght is 2048 Characters)

-> Request is insecure, hence should not be consisting of sensitive data

-> Only ASCII character are allowed in the GET request

2. POST:

-> Submits the data to be processed to a specific resource

-> Data is sent in the body, not in the URL

-> Data has no restrictions on length

-> Data is secured as it cannot be cached or be saved in the browser history

	Created by Mohit Kakkar over 9 years ago

This topic covers the basic and main differences between GET and Post methods

GET and POST Methods