PHP Rest service using one html form? - php

Question

I've been asking a lot of questions as of late related to creating RESTful services with PHP. My question is this:
Can all services (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) be done from a single web form using radio buttons?
This is what I am picturing in my head:
<form action="MyService.php" method="GET">
<label for="username">Username</label>
<input type="text" name="username" id="username" /><br />
<label for="password">Password</label>
<input type="password" name="password" id="password" /><br />
<label for="id">Task ID</label>
<input type="text" name="id" id="id"/><br />
<label for="desc">Task Description</label>
<input type="text" name="desc" id="desc"/><br />
<label>
<input type="radio" name="service" value="getRadio" checked/> GET
</label>
<label>
<input type="radio" name="service" value="postRadio" /> POST<br />
</label>
<input type="hidden" name="REQUEST_METHOD" value="GET"/><br />
<input type="hidden" name="REQUEST_METHOD" value="POST"/><br />
<input type="hidden" name="REQUEST_METHOD" value="PUT"/><br />
<input type="hidden" name="REQUEST_METHOD" value="DELETE"/><br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="ACTION"/>
</form>
It's incomplete so far, but what I'm thinking of trying to do is have radio button selections for each service, then outline my php file like this:
$request = $_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"]
switch($request) {
case 'GET':
// logic for GET based on radio button selected
break;
case 'POST':
// logic for POST based on radio button selected
break;
// and then PUT and DELETE
}
Is this doable? If so, am I on the right track, or do I need to make changes?

Answer 1

if you want to use the forms, and providing it does work as seems by this spec, then you can use some javascript to change the method of your form onsubmit.
<form action="MyService.php" method="GET" onsubmit='this.method = this.service.value'>
<label for="username">Username</label>
<input type="text" name="username" id="username" /><br />
<label for="password">Password</label>
<input type="password" name="password" id="password" /><br />
<label for="id">Task ID</label>
<input type="text" name="id" id="id"/><br />
<label for="desc">Task Description</label>
<input type="text" name="desc" id="desc"/><br />
<label>
<input type="radio" name="service" value="GET" checked/> GET
</label>
<label>
<input type="radio" name="service" value="POST" /> POST<br />
</label>
<label>
<input type="radio" name="service" value="PUT" /> PUT
</label>
<label>
<input type="radio" name="service" value="DELETE" /> DELETE<br />
</label>
<input type="hidden" name="REQUEST_METHOD" value="GET"/><br />
<input type="hidden" name="REQUEST_METHOD" value="POST"/><br />
<input type="hidden" name="REQUEST_METHOD" value="PUT"/><br />
<input type="hidden" name="REQUEST_METHOD" value="DELETE"/><br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="ACTION"/>
</form>