How to get form POST data with Firebug?

Question

I need, in my debugging phase, to lookup what passes in the $_POST variable in a page that I can't currently touch (it's live online.)

I picked up my trusty Firebug, and can't find an option making it able to read this PHP variable.

So how could I checkup what is in that $_POST variable, without touching the code of the page I'm viewing?

@DanielA.White: It's not necessarily server side stuff since your browser sent the POST data. So, unless your server or browser are buggy, it should be the same. — e-motiv, Oct 10 '12 at 10:04

score 17 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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Check this answer Use Net Tab of Firebug. There is POST info in that tab too!

edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

Community

answered Oct 10 '12 at 10:19

e-motiv

sascha · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-20T19:10:07.740

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A nice alternative: TamperData

You can even modify post data before submitting.

2019-06-20: link updated

edited Jun 20 '19 at 19:10

answered Jan 03 '12 at 19:39

sascha

I would gladly tryout that answer, but it seems that Firefox plugins is down... can't download anything from it. – Fredy31 Jan 03 '12 at 19:44
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@sascha, The 'TamperData' link is not valid now. It would be great if you can update it – Nevin Jun 19 '19 at 04:33

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