GET vs. POST Best Practices

Question

For my web application (PHP/MYSQL), I show a list of items and a link on each row to delete the item. Right now, the link is

Answer 1

Here's a good example of why not to use GET to change server state:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/06/16/25FE-stupid-users-part-3-admins_5.html

The key portion is:

"It logged into the administrative area and followed the 'delete' link for every entry," the admin says.

If the delete had been coded as a POST this never would have happened. (OTOH we'd be robbed of a funny sysadmin story.)