REQUEST_METHOD vs REDIRECT_REQUEST_METHOD

[alex]

I'm building a Resty interface and i'm trying to POST data from a web
page via a normal web form with method="POST" in it's form tag.

When i submit the data to my resource the variable
$_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD "] reports "GET" and there is a
$_SERVER["REDIRECT_REQUE ST_METHOD"] which reports "POST".

The resource pages are accessed using the apache 404 error page:

- The web page gets the request (http://myserver/path/to/my/resource)
- The url it's not found and the url string is parsed
- The resource /path/to/my/respurce is checked
- The resource data is returned

So, do i have to use the REDIRECT_REQUES T_METHOD server variables
instead of REQUEST_METHOD? ?

Is it a reliable variable?? (i.e all web servers produce this variable
when accessing a resource in this fashion)

thanks,
alex.

[max.schulze@googlemail.com]

Re: REQUEST_METHOD vs REDIRECT_REQUES T_METHOD

On Jun 12, 10:20 am, alex <m...@privacy.n etwrote:

I'm building a Resty interface and i'm trying to POST data from a web
page via a normal web form with method="POST" in it's form tag.
>
When i submit the data to my resource the variable
$_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD "] reports "GET" and there is a
$_SERVER["REDIRECT_REQUE ST_METHOD"] which reports "POST".
>
The resource pages are accessed using the apache 404 error page:
>
- The web page gets the request (http://myserver/path/to/my/resource)
- The url it's not found and the url string is parsed
- The resource /path/to/my/respurce is checked
- The resource data is returned
>
So, do i have to use the REDIRECT_REQUES T_METHOD server variables
instead of REQUEST_METHOD? ?
>
Is it a reliable variable?? (i.e all web servers produce this variable
when accessing a resource in this fashion)
>
thanks,
alex.

Global variables should ever be reliable! I think since PHP 5.1.6 you
can trust them.
If you work with redirection you should use the
REDIRECT_REQUES T_METHOD.

[alex]

Re: REQUEST_METHOD vs REDIRECT_REQUES T_METHOD

En/na max.schulze@goo glemail.com ha escrit:

>
Global variables should ever be reliable! I think since PHP 5.1.6 you
can trust them.
If you work with redirection you should use the
REDIRECT_REQUES T_METHOD.

I was not refering about reliable in a "security" sense but in:
will the variable exist if someone uses the application under a IIS (for
instance) instead of Apache.

BTW, i learned the hard way that ErrorDocument redirection does not keep
$_POST variables you sent, so i've got to redesign server configuration
to use mod_rewrite which will make things easier for me.

thanks anyways :)
alex.