Detecting request type in PHP (GET, POST, PUT or DELETE)

Question

How can I detect which request type was used (GET, POST, PUT or DELETE) in PHP?

Answer 1

REST in PHP can be done pretty simple. Create http://example.com/test.php (outlined below). Use this for REST calls, e.g. http://example.com/test.php/testing/123/hello. This works with Apache and Lighttpd out of the box, and no rewrite rules are needed.