Andrei Pall

Linux Software Engineering

How to detect the request type in PHP (GET, POST, PUT or DELETE)

REST APIs enable you to develop all kinds of web applications having all possible CRUD (create, retrieve, update, delete) operations.

<?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;
}
?>