PHP - Chapter 4 - All

magic quotes

A PHP feature that automatically adds a backslash (\) to any single quote, double quote, or NULL character contained in form data that a user submits.

sticky form

A form that is redisplayed with the controls set to the values that the user entered the last time the form was submitted.

autoglobal

A predefined global array that provides information about the server, environment, and user input (sometimes called a superglobal).

form handler

A script that processes the information submitted from a Web form.

all-in-one Web form

A single PHP script that combines the data entry form page and the data processing script.

web template

A single Web page that is divided into sections that are populated with both static and dynamic include files.

advanced escaping from XHTML

Inserting PHP blocks alternately with XHTML code.

two-part form

One document displays the Web form and one document processes the form data.

method attribute

Specifies how the form data will be submitted to the processing script.

action attribute

Specifies the name of the PHP script that process the data input.

URL token

The name/value pair that is appended to the URL when the user clicks a button or text hyperlink.

validation

Verifying that user-entered form data is in a format that PHP can use.

web forms

Web pages with interactive controls that collect user input and send the data to a processing script.