How to detect HTTP method in CodeIgniter

Question

How can I detect HTTP method in CodeIgniter controller class?

Edited: Is there any other way than using $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] in CodeIgniter?

possible duplicate of [PHP detecting request type (GET, POST, PUT or DELETE)](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/359047/php-detecting-request-type-get-post-put-or-delete) — Esailija, Jun 25 '12 at 13:09
I know that, but is it true to use `$_SERVER` variable in CodeIgniter? — Sgn., Jun 25 '12 at 13:15

score 64 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

Thanks to Branden, I've found the answer. $this->input->server($index) is identical to $_SERVER[$index].

To get method you can use: $this->input->server('REQUEST_METHOD').

UPDATE: (thanks to Ecir Hana)

As of CodeIgniter 3, using of method is also possible:

echo $this->input->method(TRUE); // Outputs: POST
echo $this->input->method(FALSE); // Outputs: post
echo $this->input->method(); // Outputs: post

score 19 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 02 '15 at 13:55

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In CodeIgniter 3, you can use the method uhm...method of Input Class.

From the docs:

echo $this->input->method(TRUE); // Outputs: POST
echo $this->input->method(FALSE); // Outputs: post
echo $this->input->method(); // Outputs: post

answered Jun 02 '15 at 13:55

Ecir Hana

score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 31 '14 at 00:05

5

You can detect GET and POST by using the Input library.

$this->input->post() or $this->input->get()

edited Jan 31 '14 at 00:05

jason

answered Jun 25 '12 at 13:24

Branden Martin

6

From the docs `$this->input->post(); // returns all POST items without XSS filter` so this does not really answer the question. As it gets data instead of detecting the HTTP method. – Thomas Welton May 28 '13 at 15:10
3

Doesn't work if the (post for example) request doesn't contain any data. – Korri Jan 08 '15 at 22:39

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