get post parameters in zend framework in "put" method - php

Question

I am getting get parameters using this
$this->params()->fromQuery('KEY');
I found two way to get POST parameters
//first way
$this->params()->fromPost('KEY', null);
//second way
$this->getRequest()->getPost();
Both of this working in "POST" method but now in a "PUT" method if I pass values as a post parameters.
How I can get post parameters in "PUT" method?

Answer 1

I guess the right way of doing that is by using Zend_Controller_Plugin_PutHandler:
// you can put this code in your projects bootstrap
$front = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance();
$front->registerPlugin(new Zend_Controller_Plugin_PutHandler());
and then you can get your params via getParams()
foreach($this->getRequest()->getParams() as $key => $value) {
...
}
or simply
$this->getRequest()->getParam("myvar");

Answer 2

You need to read the request body and parse it, something like this:
$putParams = array();
parse_str($this->getRequest()->getContent(), $putParams);
This will parse all params into the $putParams-array, so you can access it like you would access the super globals $_POST or $_GET. For instance:
// Get the parameter named 'id'
$id = $putParams['id'];
// Loop over all params
foreach($putParams as $key => $value) {
echo 'Put-param ' . $key . ' = ' . $value . PHP_EOL;
}

Answer 3

I had trouble using PUT data sent from AngularJS and found the best way was to use a custom Zend plugin
class Web_Mvc_Plugin_JsonPutHandler extends Zend_Controller_Plugin_Abstract {
public function preDispatch(Zend_Controller_Request_Abstract $request) {
if (!$request instanceof Zend_Controller_Request_Http) {
return;
}
if ($this->_request->isPut()) {
$putParams = json_decode($this->_request->getRawBody());
$request->setParam('data', $putParams);
}
}
}
Which can then be accesses via getParams as a PHP object
$data = $this->getRequest()->getParam('data');
$id = $data->id;