Don't forget, because $_REQUEST is a different variable than $_GET and $_POST, it is treated as such in PHP -- modifying $_GET or $_POST elements at runtime will not affect the ellements in $_REQUEST, nor vice versa. e.g: <?php $_GET['foo'] = 'a'; $_POST['bar'] = 'b'; var_dump($_GET); // Element 'foo' is string(1) "a" var_dump($_POST); // Element 'bar' is string(1) "b" var_dump($_REQUEST); // Does