Php Using Http Delete And Backbone

[unemployment]

I am sending a DELETE request in backbone using:

 

this.model = new domain.city.delete_photo.Model();

this.model.url = "/assets/ajax/delete_image.php?img_id="+id;

this.model.id = id;
this.model.destroy({
						 "success" : this.success,
						 "error" : this.error
						 });

 

And that sends a DELETE request to the server with the URL something like:

 

http://localhost/ass...ge.php?img_id=9

 

The problem is, I can't seem to access the img_id. In my ajax file I have:

 

$_DELETE = array();
if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'DELETE') {
 parse_str(file_get_contents('php://input'), $_DELETE);
}
print_array($_DELETE);

 

Why doesn't this work? The array returns empty!

Edited November 27, 2012 by unemployment

[mrMarcus]

"DELETE" is not a valid 'REQUEST_METHOD'. Allowed REQUEST_METHOD's: 'GET', 'HEAD', 'POST', 'PUT'.

Edited November 27, 2012 by mrMarcus

[unemployment]

"DELETE" is not a valid 'REQUEST_METHOD'. Allowed REQUEST_METHOD's: 'GET', 'HEAD', 'POST', 'PUT'.

 

Is that really the case? My if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'DELETE') is met. Surely, there must be a way to use this.

[requinix]

"DELETE" is not a valid 'REQUEST_METHOD'. Allowed REQUEST_METHOD's: 'GET', 'HEAD', 'POST', 'PUT'.

It most certainly is valid. So are OPTIONS and TRACE and CONNECT.

 

OP: Are you sure $_GET is empty? I'd expect it to have your img_id just fine.

[mrMarcus]

Hmm... never come across that in the documentation. My bad.

[unemployment]

It most certainly is valid. So are OPTIONS and TRACE and CONNECT.

 

OP: Are you sure $_GET is empty? I'd expect it to have your img_id just fine.

 

Why would I have to print $_GET? It's my $_DELETE that is empty.

[requinix]

Because I'm pretty sure php://input will be empty. That's not where the data you want is.

[mrMarcus]

Is that really the case? My if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'DELETE') is met. Surely, there must be a way to use this.

 

Have you verified it's being met?

[unemployment]

Have you verified it's being met?

 

Yes, I have verified the condition is being met.

[unemployment]

Because I'm pretty sure php://input will be empty. That's not where the data you want is.

 

Correct, it is returning empty. Do you know how I get the data? The parameters are being passed in according to firebug.

[requinix]

Are you sure $_GET is empty? I'd expect it to have your img_id just fine.

[unemployment]

 

Wow.... GET does have the img_id. This makes no sense to me though. Can you explain why this happens?

[requinix]

Because you put it in the URL. $_GET is how to get to that data. Just because it's a DELETE doesn't mean that's handled differently.