public static function processRequest()
{
// What is the method used ?
$request_method = strtolower($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']);
$request = new RestRequest();
// Storing the requested data
$data = array();
switch ($request_method) {
/* *** GET *** */
case 'get':
// Because of the htaccess ...
// Extra parameters in the request URI
$params = array();
$parts = preg_split("~=|&~", $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
// Skip through the segments by 2
for ($i = 0; $i < count($parts); $i = $i + 2) {
// First segment needs a lift because it contains the script name (method actually)
if ($i == 0) {
$parts[$i] = preg_replace("/(\\/[^\\?]*\\?)(.*)/", "\$2", $parts[$i]);
}
if (isset($parts[$i]) && isset($parts[$i + 1])) {
// First segment is the param name, second is the value
$params[$parts[$i]] = $parts[$i + 1];
}
}
$data = $params;
$request->validateRequest();
break;
/* *** POST *** */
/* *** POST *** */
case 'post':
$data = $_POST;
$request->invalidateRequest();
break;
/* *** PUT *** */
/* *** PUT *** */
case 'put':
// basically, we read a string from PHP's special input location,
// and then parse it out into an array via parse_str... per the PHP docs:
// Parses str as if it were the query string passed via a URL and sets
// variables in the current scope.
parse_str(file_get_contents('php://input'), $put_vars);
$data = $put_vars;
$request->invalidateRequest();
break;
}
// Storing the data into data (redundant for GET, but well)
$request->setData((object) $data);
// Storing the method used
$request->setMethod($request_method);
// Set the raw data, so we can access it if needed (there may be
// other pieces to your requests)
$request->setRequestVars($data);
// If we have data (as per in a post request), we store it
if (isset($data['data'])) {
// translate the JSON to an Object for use however you want
$request->setData(json_decode($data['data']));
}
// If we force JSON or XML instead of ACCEPT
if (isset($data['alt']) && ($data['alt'] == 'json' || $data['alt'] == 'xml')) {
$request->setHttpAccept($data['alt']);
}
return $request;
}