Allow HTTP method overriding.

flight/net/Request.php

@@ -132,23 +132,23 @@ class Request {
         // Default properties
         if (empty($config)) {
             $config = array(
-                'url' => $this->server('REQUEST_URI', '/'),
-                'base' => str_replace(array('\\',' '), array('/','%20'), dirname($this->server('SCRIPT_NAME'))),
-                'method' => $this->server('REQUEST_METHOD', 'GET'),
-                'referrer' => $this->server('HTTP_REFERER'),
-                'ip' => $this->server('REMOTE_ADDR'),
-                'ajax' => $this->server('HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH') == 'XMLHttpRequest',
-                'scheme' => $this->server('SERVER_PROTOCOL', 'HTTP/1.1'),
-                'user_agent' => $this->server('HTTP_USER_AGENT'),
+                'url' => $this->getVar('REQUEST_URI', '/'),
+                'base' => str_replace(array('\\',' '), array('/','%20'), dirname($this->getVar('SCRIPT_NAME'))),
+                'method' => $this->getMethod(),
+                'referrer' => $this->getVar('HTTP_REFERER'),
+                'ip' => $this->getVar('REMOTE_ADDR'),
+                'ajax' => $this->getVar('HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH') == 'XMLHttpRequest',
+                'scheme' => $this->getVar('SERVER_PROTOCOL', 'HTTP/1.1'),
+                'user_agent' => $this->getVar('HTTP_USER_AGENT'),
                 'body' => file_get_contents('php://input'),
-                'type' => $this->server('CONTENT_TYPE'),
-                'length' => $this->server('CONTENT_LENGTH', 0),
+                'type' => $this->getVar('CONTENT_TYPE'),
+                'length' => $this->getVar('CONTENT_LENGTH', 0),
                 'query' => new Collection($_GET),
                 'data' => new Collection($_POST),
                 'cookies' => new Collection($_COOKIE),
                 'files' => new Collection($_FILES),
-                'secure' => $this->server('HTTPS', 'off') != 'off',
-                'accept' => $this->server('HTTP_ACCEPT'),
+                'secure' => $this->getVar('HTTPS', 'off') != 'off',
+                'accept' => $this->getVar('HTTP_ACCEPT'),
                 'proxy_ip' => $this->getProxyIpAddress()
             );
         }
@@ -197,6 +197,22 @@ class Request {
         return $params;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the request method.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private function getMethod() {
+        if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE'])) {
+            return $_SERVER['HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE'];
+        }
+        elseif (isset($_REQUEST['_method'])) {
+            return $_REQUEST['_method'];
+        }
+
+        return $this->getVar('REQUEST_METHOD', 'GET');
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets the real remote IP address.
      *
@@ -227,13 +243,13 @@ class Request {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get variable from $_SERVER using $default if not provided
+     * Gets a variable from $_SERVER using $default if not provided.
      *
      * @param string $var Variable name
      * @param string $default Default value to substitute
      * @return string Server variable value
      */
-    private function server($var, $default='') {
+    private function getVar($var, $default = '') {
         return isset($_SERVER[$var]) ? $_SERVER[$var] : $default;
     }
 }

tests/RequestTest.php

@@ -80,4 +80,20 @@ class RequestTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals(1, $request->cookies->q);
         $this->assertEquals(1, $request->files->q);
     }
+
+    function testMethodOverrideWithHeader() {
+        $_SERVER['HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE'] = 'PUT';
+
+        $request = new \flight\net\Request();
+
+        $this->assertEquals('PUT', $request->method);
+    }
+
+    function testMethodOverrideWithPost() {
+        $_REQUEST['_method'] = 'PUT';
+
+        $request = new \flight\net\Request();
+
+        $this->assertEquals('PUT', $request->method);
+    }
 }