<p>What is the Java equivalent of PHP's <code>$_POST</code>? After searching the web for an hour, I'm still nowhere closer.</p>

Your
```
HttpServletRequest
```
object has a
```
getParameter(String paramName)
```
method that can be used to get parameter values.
http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/api/javax/servlet/ServletRequest.html#getParameter(java.lang.String)