Among $_REQUEST, $_GET and $_POST which one is the fastest?

Question

Which of these code will be faster?

$temp = $_REQUEST[\'s\'];

or

if (isset($_GET[\'s\'])) {
  $temp = $_GET[\'s\'];
}
else          


        

Answer 1

I would use the second method as it is more explicit. Otherwise you don't know where the variables are coming from.

Why do you need to check both GET and POST anyway? Surely using one or the other only makes more sense.