Find out HTTP method in PHP

Question

How can I find out which method (usually GET or POST) is used for the current request?

Answer 1

$_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']

See the docs. It will contain the request method upper-cased (i.e. 'GET', 'HEAD', 'POST', 'PUT').

Answer 2

if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_METHOD'])) {
  print  $_SERVER['HTTP_METHOD'];
}