Using PUT method in HTML form

Question

Can I use a PUT method in an HTML form to send data from the form to a server?

Answer 1

_method hidden field workaround

The following simple technique is used by a few web frameworks:

• add a hidden _method parameter to any form that is not GET or POST:

  This can be done automatically in frameworks through the HTML creation helper method.

• fix the actual form method to POST (

  )

• processes _method on the server and do exactly as if that method had been sent instead of the actual POST

You can achieve this in:

• Rails: form_tag
• Laravel: @method("PATCH")

Rationale / history of why it is not possible in pure HTML: https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/114156/why-there-are-no-put-and-delete-methods-in-html-forms