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PHP - Cannot get variables posted with PUT

I do a PUT request but I cannot access the posted data, I always get string(0) "" back.

The code I'm using for getting the PUT data is:

public function editProduct($id) {

    $put = file_get_contents('php://input',true);

    return var_dump($put);
}

The PUT request is

thanasisem@debian:~$ curl -i -X PUT -d arg=123 -d arg2=345 localhost/laravelproject/public/products/5
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 17:22:59 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.22 (Debian)
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.4.4-14+deb7u11
Cache-Control: no-cache
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
Set-Cookie: laravel_session=eyJpdiI6IjdcL3dYVlM1ZXZOZ0JHMVQrb1o1ME1sa3c3QTdTNnRXUnhxTWFDeHJSVDBJPSIsInZhbHVlIjoicTVPb2QwdThNRE1xUnh4VWZnWW5FT3ZTQUxKaE1RdWtycjNVUmlPWVZCZmVNcVBaVFY0Z0k1bEpSV0phVG5TckNWSkh1S2tsR1NEbmxvcFpna3lDOEE9PSIsIm1hYyI6ImI4ZmRlZTM1ODAyNDY3YjY5ZGQyZTE5NGZiMTEzZWVlOWUzZDIyZTI4MmE3MjM4MDM5NGFkZTRjOWQ4Yzk2OGQifQ%3D%3D; expires=Mon, 30-Jun-2014 19:22:59 GMT; path=/; httponly
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

string(0) ""
thanasisem@debian:~$
Solution

  • Solved.

    I had to put -H 'Content-Type: application/json' in my PUT request in order for it to work.

    A successful PUT request that I created is the following:

    curl -X PUT -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"firstName":"Kris", "lastName":"Jordan"}' localhost/laravelproject/public/products/5