On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 6:47 AM, Andrea Faulds <a...@ajf.me> wrote: > > On 14 Oct 2014, at 14:42, Kris Craig <kris.cr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I don't think that would be a good idea, either. They require more > typing > > and it'd probably be a lot easier for devs to remember which one means > GET > > and which one means POST. > > I’ve already proposed the shorter $_QUERY and $_BODY. > > > PHP is supposed to be KISS, right? Well, the current reliance on > > php://input for two methods but not the other two invites confusion. > That > > makes it less-than simple, I believe. > > > > Removing or renaming $_GET and $_POST would also create confusion and > > almost certainly cause widespread BC breakage on a pretty massive scale. > > I never said anything about removing $_GET or $_POST. I suggested adding > saner aliases. >
Ok, that was my bad. I misinterpreted. > > > And there's really no gain to offset that. So that just leaves us with > > either continuing to have two REST methods but not the others or add a > > $_PUT and a $_DELETE, even if they just alias to php://input again. > > Adding $_PUT and $_DELETE is silly. No more silly than $_GET and $_POST are now. But either way, we should try to make things consistent. This inconsistency only serves to invite confusion. > We already have a nonsensical system where $_GET isn’t about GET, but > about query string parameters, and $_POST isn’t about POST, but the request > body. We should create sane aliases ($_QUERY and $_BODY) and extend > $_POST/$_BODY to support request bodies from any method. > > This would make things actually simpler, and less confusing, as we stop > pretending $_GET is about GET and $_POST is about POST. By using $_QUERY, > it’s clear it’s about query string parameters, which any method can have. > Similarly, by using $_BODY, it’s clear it’s about request body parameters, > which any method can also have. > That's a good point. Unfortunately, $_GET and $_POST aren't going away anytime soon. And in the meantime, we should at least have $_PUT and $_DELETE alias to $_POST so devs have the option of using them. > Sure, all existing code uses $_GET and $_POST and they won’t go away any > time soon. But we would have saner names that people writing new code can > use. > > -- > Andrea Faulds > http://ajf.me/ > > > > >
