How can I access the raw HTTP request data with PHP/apache?

Question

I was wondering if there was a way to get at the raw HTTP request data in PHP running on apache that doesn't involve using any additional extensions. I've seen the HTTP functions in the manual, but I don't have the option of installing an extension in my environment.

While I can access the information from $_SERVER, I would like to see the raw request exactly as it was sent to the server. PHP munges the header names to suit its own array key style, for eg. Some-Test-Header becomes HTTP_X_SOME_TEST_HEADER. This is not what I need.

Answer 1

do you mean the information contained in $_SERVER?

print_r($_SERVER);

edit:

ah would this do then?

foreach(getallheaders() as $key=>$value)  {
    print $key.': '.$value."<br />";
}

Answer 2

Use the following php wrapper:

$raw_post = file_get_contents("php://input");