Which is more secure GET or POST sending parameters with cURL at PHP
- by Steve
I want to connect in a secure way with an API and I am using cURL to do it using HTTPS and SSL.
Now, i was wondering what is better in terms of security, sending the data through GET or POST:
$ch = curl_init("http://api.website.com/connect.php?user=xxx&pass=xxxx);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2);
$result = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
Or
$param['user'] = 'xxxx';
$param['pass'] = 'xxxx';
$ch = curl_init("http://api.website.com/connect.php);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $Parameters);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2);
$result = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
I also realized that POST is much more slower retrieving the data.
