On 24 September 2013 16:59, Daniel Lowrey <rdlow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The bigger issue here is that the superglobals are a leaky abstraction. Any > HTTP request method is allowed to have an entity body, so should we also > create $_PATCH and $_PUT and $_ZANZIBAR to handle less-frequently used > request methods? Where does it stop? This is the problem I see with all the > requests to support for PUT similarly to POST. PHP web SAPIs support 95% of > the HTTP use-cases people have, but the abstractions break down after that > and continuously bolting on support for individual scenarios beyond that > would be a mistake IMO. > Supporting the base set would not seem a bad idea, I'd say - http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html#sec9 PUT is not exactly exotic, though it might not be as used as it could be - however, with the focus on REST APIs that is changing. Your argument makes good sense for random HTTP verbs - but suggesting we shouldn't support easy access to the basic set because "where does it stop" is not a very good argument, in my eyes. Regards Peter <http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html#sec9>-- <hype> WWW: plphp.dk / plind.dk CV: careers.stackoverflow.com/peterlind LinkedIn: plind Twitter: kafe15 </hype>
