function processRequest()
{
if (isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'])) {
$request_method = strtolower($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']);
} else {
$request_method = "get";
}
$return_obj = new RestRequest();
$data = array();
switch ($request_method) {
// gets are easy...
case 'get':
$data = $_GET;
if (isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'])) {
$return_obj->setRURI($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
}
break;
case 'post':
$data = $_POST;
if (isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'])) {
$return_obj->setRURI($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
}
break;
case 'delete':
$data = $_GET;
if (isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'])) {
$return_obj->setRURI($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
}
break;
// here's the tricky bit...
// here's the tricky bit...
case 'put':
parse_str(file_get_contents('php://input'), $put_vars);
$data = $put_vars;
break;
}
// store the method
$return_obj->setMethod($request_method);
// set the raw data, so we can access it if needed (there may be
// other pieces to your requests)
$return_obj->setRequestVars($data);
if (isset($data['data'])) {
// translate the JSON to an Object for use however you want
$return_obj->setData(json_decode($data['data']));
}
return $return_obj;
}
