{"id":6776,"date":"2018-11-05T13:01:33","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T18:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/?p=6776"},"modified":"2021-12-08T11:18:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T16:18:26","slug":"detect-http-request-method-php","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/detect-http-request-method-php\/","title":{"rendered":"You can Detect the HTTP Request Method Using PHP by Doing This"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is another beginner <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/php\/\">PHP<\/a> article this time focusing on how to detect the <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/http\/\">HTTP<\/a> request method. If you are a more competent developer then you might want to jump onto another article. How about this one on <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/how-to-use-both-get-and-post-methods\/\">how to get both GET and POST methods in one request<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why the Interest in Detecting the HTTP Request Method<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Back to the point of this guide. The most compelling answer to this is, it is all about <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/security\/\">security<\/a>. We know there is more than one request method when web browsers respond to servers. You, the developer may want to restrict your processes to certain response types.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are also important when building code such as <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/apis\/\">REST APIs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A simple example would be to receive passwords from an <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/html\/\">HTML<\/a> form via the POST method only. To be able to handle this feature you need to know how to detect the correct HTTP request method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The simple solution is to check the request method using:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-php\">$_SERVER[&#039;REQUEST_METHOD&#039;]<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>A simple use case would look something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-php\">if ( $_SERVER[&#039;REQUEST_METHOD&#039;] === &#039;POST&#039; ) {\n     \/\/ Do something because the request method is POST\n }\n else {\n    \/\/ Abort whatever\n }<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The above method does not bode well from a security standpoint. The input here has not been validated nor sanitized. One way to fix this is to use the built-in <code>filter_input<\/code> PHP function. The above code would look something like this now:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-php\">$request_method = filter_input(INPUT_SERVER, &#039;REQUEST_METHOD&#039;, FILTER_SANITIZE_ENCODED);\n\nif ( $request_method === &#039;POST&#039; ) {\n\/\/ Do something because the request method is POST\n}\nelse {\n\/\/ Abort whatever\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to test and handle different request methods differently, a more elegant way would be to use the PHP built-in switch statement. Here is a good example to start with. It also shows the supported HTTP request methods:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-php\">$request_method = $_SERVER[&#039;REQUEST_METHOD&#039;];\n\nswitch ($request_method) {\n  case &#039;GET&#039;:\n    \/\/Handle GET Request here\n    break;\n  case &#039;POST&#039;:\n    \/\/Here Handle POST Request here \n    break;\n  case &#039;PUT&#039;:\n    \/\/ Handle PUT Request here \n    break;\n  case &#039;PATCH&#039;:\n    \/\/ Handle PATCH Request here \n    break;\n  case &#039;DELETE&#039;:\n    \/\/Here Handle DELETE Request\n    echo &#039;You are using &#039;.$method.&#039; Method&#039;;\n    break;\n  case &#039;COPY&#039;:\n      \/\/ Handle COPY Request here\n      echo &#039;You are using &#039;.$method.&#039; Method&#039;;\n      break;\n\n  case &#039;OPTIONS&#039;:\n      \/\/ Handle OPTIONS Request \n      break;\n  case &#039;LINK&#039;:\n      \/\/ Handle LINK Request here \n      break;\n  case &#039;UNLINK&#039;:\n      \/\/ Handle UNLINK Request here \n      break;\n  case &#039;PURGE&#039;:\n      \/\/Here Handle PURGE Request here \n      break;\n  case &#039;LOCK&#039;:\n      \/\/ Handle LOCK Request here \n      break;\n  case &#039;UNLOCK&#039;:\n      \/\/Here Handle UNLOCK Request here \n      break;\n  case &#039;PROPFIND&#039;:\n      \/\/ Handle PROPFIND Request here \n      break;\n  case &#039;VIEW&#039;:\n      \/\/Here Handle VIEW Request \n      break;\n  Default:\n    \/\/ Handle default behavior\n  break;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s it. 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