How to get contents of a PUT request?

Question

If a client sent a PUT request with an array for example:

$a = array('age' => 18);
$rest->put('/api/users/9', $a);

How does your rest API get the $a array?

Answer 1

You can read the request body at php://input, but be warned that it's volatile and can only be read once*.

file_get_contents('php://input');‌​

You'll then need to parse this as a URL to use it as an array.

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Answer 2

It should be in the body of the request.