CakePHP 2.0 detecting request type is behaving oddly

Question

Take a look at this code:

   if ($this->request->is('post')){
        $this->request->data['Profile']['userId'] = $this->Auth->user('id');
        if ($this->Profile->save($this->request->data)){
            $this->Profile->setPermissions($this->Profile->id, $this->request->data['Permission']);
            $this->NFSSession->setSuccessMessage('Your profile has been updated.');
        }else{
            $this->NFSSession->setSuccessMessage('There was a problem updating your profile.  Please try again.');
        }
    }else{
        echo 'Not a post request!!?!?!?!?!';
        debug($this->request->data);
    }

When I submit the form in the corresponding view for this action, it appears that $this->request->is('post') returns false. The other end of the if/else statement is run. Here's the weird bit - the POST data is there, and my call to debug($this->request->data) spits out the data I am expecting!

Here's the data that gets passed:

Array
(
[Profile] => Array
    (
        [aboutMe] => Hey there
    )

[Permission] => Array
    (
        [Profile] => Array
            (
                [aboutMe] => 1
            )

    )

)

Now, I could of course just change $this->request->is('post') to !empty($this->request->data) but that would not be grappling the problem head on.

So is anything wrong with my code? What's going on?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Try using this:

if ($this->request->is('post') || $this->request->is('put'))

http://cakephp.lighthouseapp.com/projects/42648/tickets/2353