Detecting request type in PHP GET POST PUT or DELETE

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How can I detect which request type was used  GET  POST  PUT or DELETE  in PHP

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By using    SERVER  REQUEST METHOD     Example  if    SERVER  REQUEST METHOD        POST             The request is using the POST method     For more details please see the documentation for the   SERVER variable

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You can get any query string data i e www example com id 2 amp name r  You must get data using   GET  id   or   REQUEST  id     Post data means like form  lt form action    method  POST  gt  you must use   POST or   REQUEST

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I used this code  It should work   function get request method          request method   strtolower   SERVER  REQUEST METHOD          if  request method     get   amp  amp   request method     post             return  request method             if  request method     post   amp  amp  isset   POST   method               return strtolower   POST   method                return  request method      This above code will work with REST calls and will also work with html form   lt form method  post  gt       lt input name   method  type  hidden  value  delete    gt       lt input type  submit  value  Submit  gt   lt  form gt

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You can use getenv function and don t have to work with a   SERVER variable   getenv  REQUEST METHOD      More info   http   php net manual en function getenv php

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request   new  Zend Http PhpEnvironment Request     httpMethod    request- gt getMethod      In this way you can also achieve in zend framework 2 also  Thanks

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In core php you can do like this     lt  php   method     SERVER  REQUEST METHOD     switch   method      case  GET         Here Handle GET Request     echo  You are using    method   Method       break    case  POST         Here Handle POST Request     echo  You are using    method   Method       break    case  PUT         Here Handle PUT Request     echo  You are using    method   Method       break    case  PATCH         Here Handle PATCH Request     echo  You are using    method   Method       break    case  DELETE         Here Handle DELETE Request     echo  You are using    method   Method       break    case  COPY           Here Handle COPY Request       echo  You are using    method   Method         break     case  OPTIONS           Here Handle OPTIONS Request       echo  You are using    method   Method         break    case  LINK           Here Handle LINK Request       echo  You are using    method   Method         break    case  UNLINK           Here Handle UNLINK Request       echo  You are using    method   Method         break    case  PURGE           Here Handle PURGE Request       echo  You are using    method   Method         break    case  LOCK           Here Handle LOCK Request       echo  You are using    method   Method         break    case  UNLOCK           Here Handle UNLOCK Request       echo  You are using    method   Method         break    case  PROPFIND           Here Handle PROPFIND Request       echo  You are using    method   Method         break    case  VIEW           Here Handle VIEW Request       echo  You are using    method   Method         break    Default      echo  You are using    method   Method     break        gt

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You can get any query string data i e www example com id 2 amp name r  You must get data using   GET  id   or   REQUEST  id     Post data means like form  lt form action    method  POST  gt  you must use   POST or   REQUEST

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It is valuable to additionally note  that PHP will populate all the   GET parameters even when you send a proper request of other type    Methods in above replies are completely correct  however if you want to additionaly check for GET parameters while handling POST  DELETE  PUT  etc  request  you need to check the size of   GET array

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When a method was requested  it will have an array  So simply check with count      m   GET   gt   GET  POST   gt   POST   foreach  m as k  gt  v       echo count  v        k   was requested   null      3v4l org U51TE

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Since this is about REST  just getting the request method from the server is not enough  You also need to receive RESTful route parameters  The reason for separating RESTful parameters and GET POST PUT parameters is that a resource needs to have its own unique URL for identification    Here s one way of implementing RESTful routes in PHP using Slim   https   github com codeguy Slim   app   new  Slim Slim     app- gt get   hello  name   function   name      echo  Hello   name        app- gt run      And configure the server accordingly    Here s another example using AltoRouter   https   github com dannyvankooten AltoRouter   router   new AltoRouter     router- gt setBasePath   AltoRouter        optional  the subdir AltoRouter lives in     mapping routes  router- gt map  GET POST        home index    home     router- gt map  GET    users   array  c    gt   UserController    a    gt   ListAction      router- gt map  GET    users  i id     users show    users show     router- gt map  POST    users  i id   delete update action     usersController doAction    users do

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We can also use the input filter to detect the request method while also providing security through input sanitation    request   filter input INPUT SERVER   REQUEST METHOD   FILTER SANITIZE ENCODED

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Detecting the HTTP method or so called REQUEST METHOD can be done using the following code snippet    method     SERVER  REQUEST METHOD    if   method     POST           Method is POST   elseif   method     GET           Method is GET   elseif   method     PUT           Method is PUT   elseif   method     DELETE           Method is DELETE   else          Method unknown     You could also do it using a switch if you prefer this over the if-else statement   If a method other than GET or POST is required in an HTML form  this is often solved using a hidden field in the form    lt  -- DELETE method -- gt   lt form action    method  POST  gt       lt input type  hidden  name  METHOD  value  DELETE  gt   lt  form gt    lt  -- PUT method -- gt   lt form action    method  POST  gt       lt input type  hidden  name  METHOD  value  PUT  gt   lt  form gt    For more information regarding HTTP methods I would like to refer to the following StackOverflow question   HTTP protocol  39 s PUT and DELETE and their usage in PHP

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It is Very Simple just use   SERVER  REQUEST METHOD      Example    lt  php  method     SERVER  REQUEST METHOD    switch   method      case  GET         Here Handle GET Request      break    case  POST         Here Handle POST Request      break    case  DELETE         Here Handle DELETE Request      break    case  PUT         Here Handle PUT Request      break      gt

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REST in PHP can be done pretty simple  Create http   example com test php  outlined below   Use this for REST calls  e g  http   example com test php testing 123 hello  This works with Apache and Lighttpd out of the box  and no rewrite rules are needed    lt  php  method     SERVER  REQUEST METHOD     request   explode      substr    SERVER  PATH INFO    1     switch   method      case  PUT       do something with put  request         break    case  POST       do something with post  request         break    case  GET       do something with get  request         break    default      handle error  request         break

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request   new  Zend Http PhpEnvironment Request     httpMethod    request- gt getMethod      In this way you can also achieve in zend framework 2 also  Thanks

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I used this code  It should work   function get request method          request method   strtolower   SERVER  REQUEST METHOD          if  request method     get   amp  amp   request method     post             return  request method             if  request method     post   amp  amp  isset   POST   method               return strtolower   POST   method                return  request method      This above code will work with REST calls and will also work with html form   lt form method  post  gt       lt input name   method  type  hidden  value  delete    gt       lt input type  submit  value  Submit  gt   lt  form gt

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You can use getenv function and don t have to work with a   SERVER variable   getenv  REQUEST METHOD      More info   http   php net manual en function getenv php

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Since this is about REST  just getting the request method from the server is not enough  You also need to receive RESTful route parameters  The reason for separating RESTful parameters and GET POST PUT parameters is that a resource needs to have its own unique URL for identification    Here s one way of implementing RESTful routes in PHP using Slim   https   github com codeguy Slim   app   new  Slim Slim     app- gt get   hello  name   function   name      echo  Hello   name        app- gt run      And configure the server accordingly    Here s another example using AltoRouter   https   github com dannyvankooten AltoRouter   router   new AltoRouter     router- gt setBasePath   AltoRouter        optional  the subdir AltoRouter lives in     mapping routes  router- gt map  GET POST        home index    home     router- gt map  GET    users   array  c    gt   UserController    a    gt   ListAction      router- gt map  GET    users  i id     users show    users show     router- gt map  POST    users  i id   delete update action     usersController doAction    users do

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It is Very Simple just use   SERVER  REQUEST METHOD      Example    lt  php  method     SERVER  REQUEST METHOD    switch   method      case  GET         Here Handle GET Request      break    case  POST         Here Handle POST Request      break    case  DELETE         Here Handle DELETE Request      break    case  PUT         Here Handle PUT Request      break      gt

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REST in PHP can be done pretty simple  Create http   example com test php  outlined below   Use this for REST calls  e g  http   example com test php testing 123 hello  This works with Apache and Lighttpd out of the box  and no rewrite rules are needed    lt  php  method     SERVER  REQUEST METHOD     request   explode      substr    SERVER  PATH INFO    1     switch   method      case  PUT       do something with put  request         break    case  POST       do something with post  request         break    case  GET       do something with get  request         break    default      handle error  request         break

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When a method was requested  it will have an array  So simply check with count      m   GET   gt   GET  POST   gt   POST   foreach  m as k  gt  v       echo count  v        k   was requested   null      3v4l org U51TE

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It is valuable to additionally note  that PHP will populate all the   GET parameters even when you send a proper request of other type    Methods in above replies are completely correct  however if you want to additionaly check for GET parameters while handling POST  DELETE  PUT  etc  request  you need to check the size of   GET array

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In core php you can do like this     lt  php   method     SERVER  REQUEST METHOD     switch   method      case  GET         Here Handle GET Request     echo  You are using    method   Method       break    case  POST         Here Handle POST Request     echo  You are using    method   Method       break    case  PUT         Here Handle PUT Request     echo  You are using    method   Method       break    case  PATCH         Here Handle PATCH Request     echo  You are using    method   Method       break    case  DELETE         Here Handle DELETE Request     echo  You are using    method   Method       break    case  COPY           Here Handle COPY Request       echo  You are using    method   Method         break     case  OPTIONS           Here Handle OPTIONS Request       echo  You are using    method   Method         break    case  LINK           Here Handle LINK Request       echo  You are using    method   Method         break    case  UNLINK           Here Handle UNLINK Request       echo  You are using    method   Method         break    case  PURGE           Here Handle PURGE Request       echo  You are using    method   Method         break    case  LOCK           Here Handle LOCK Request       echo  You are using    method   Method         break    case  UNLOCK           Here Handle UNLOCK Request       echo  You are using    method   Method         break    case  PROPFIND           Here Handle PROPFIND Request       echo  You are using    method   Method         break    case  VIEW           Here Handle VIEW Request       echo  You are using    method   Method         break    Default      echo  You are using    method   Method     break        gt

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We can also use the input filter to detect the request method while also providing security through input sanitation    request   filter input INPUT SERVER   REQUEST METHOD   FILTER SANITIZE ENCODED

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Detecting the HTTP method or so called REQUEST METHOD can be done using the following code snippet    method     SERVER  REQUEST METHOD    if   method     POST           Method is POST   elseif   method     GET           Method is GET   elseif   method     PUT           Method is PUT   elseif   method     DELETE           Method is DELETE   else          Method unknown     You could also do it using a switch if you prefer this over the if-else statement   If a method other than GET or POST is required in an HTML form  this is often solved using a hidden field in the form    lt  -- DELETE method -- gt   lt form action    method  POST  gt       lt input type  hidden  name  METHOD  value  DELETE  gt   lt  form gt    lt  -- PUT method -- gt   lt form action    method  POST  gt       lt input type  hidden  name  METHOD  value  PUT  gt   lt  form gt    For more information regarding HTTP methods I would like to refer to the following StackOverflow question   HTTP protocol  39 s PUT and DELETE and their usage in PHP

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