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 use this,

$request = (count($_REQUEST) > 1)?$_REQUEST:$_GET;

the statement validates if $_REQUEST has more than one parameter (the first parameter in $_REQUEST will be the request uri which can be used when needed, some PHP packages wont return $_GET so check if its more than 1 go for $_GET, By default, it will be $_POST.