Question:
Do newer PHP versions support HTTP methods natively?
Answer:
PHP is a language, HTTP is a protocol.
The web server through FastCGI sends what came from the browser to PHP. PHP parses the request (it is in the form of text), initializes $_SERVER , $_GET , $_REQUEST and so on. Which method was called – you can see through $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] .
More than PHP knows nothing about HTTP methods. Moreover, in the request, you can send any name at all as an HTTP method.
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