public static function processRequest()
{
// get our verb
$request_method = strtolower($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']);
$element = $_GET['REST_element'];
$id = null;
$operation = null;
if (isset($_GET['REST_id'])) {
$id = $_GET['REST_id'];
}
if (isset($_GET['REST_operation'])) {
$operation = $_GET['REST_operation'];
}
$return_obj = new RestRequest();
// we'll store our data here
$data = array();
//TO recode
switch ($request_method) {
// gets are easy...
//already got element and id
case 'get':
$data = $_GET;
unset($data['REST_element']);
unset($data['REST_id']);
unset($data['REST_operation']);
unset($data['REST_format']);
break;
// so are posts
/*case 'post':
$data = $_POST;
break;*/
// here's the tricky bit...
// so are posts
/*case 'post':
$data = $_POST;
break;*/
// here's the tricky bit...
case 'put':
case 'post':
// 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.
$contents = file_get_contents('php://input');
//die('-'.$contents.'-');
$data = RestUtils::data_decode($contents, $_SERVER['CONTENT_TYPE']);
//$data = $contents;
break;
}
// store the data
$return_obj->setData($data);
// store the method
$return_obj->setMethod($request_method);
// store the method
$return_obj->setOperation($operation);
// store the element
$return_obj->setElement($element);
// store the id
$return_obj->setID($id);
// set the raw data, so we can access it if needed (there may be
// other pieces to your requests)
$return_obj->setRequestVars($data);
return $return_obj;
}
