determine if request is post or get?

Nick007VH

What is the easiest way of seeing if the http request is a get or post? I have tried stuff like isset($_POST), but it always seems to return true. Just wanted to know the most elegant way of doing this since php doesn't have explicity doGet and doPost. Thanks!

zabmilenko

In my opinion, thanks to FireFox and Greasemonkey, all input should be treated equally.

So just use $REQUEST and forget about $GET, $POST, and $COOKIE

Nick007VH

I like the option of determining if the request is get or post and processing accordingly, for cases where you are using the script as a front controller, and different logic applies to gets or posts.

very much like spring mvc. what i have been doing is just looking for a post parameter that will only be there if the form is submitted (via post of course). just seemed clunky to me. Thanks.

zabmilenko

But all three request variables (Get, Post, and Cookie) are available for each load.

If you want to determine the "type" of request, you will need to know what particular variable you are looking for. If it's username, then:

isset($_POST['username'])

But then someone could modify the cookie and get string and you would have nothing.

What exactly are you looking for?

Installer

You can determine the method used in the http request, if that's what you want, with $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'].

zabmilenko

/me slaps himself

That's tunnel vision for ya...

Nick007VH

Thanks installer, that's exactly what i needed.