Codeigniter. Validate PUT data

Question

I am developing an API using Phils RestServer and I need to validate incoming PUT data. It works fine with incoming POST data but not PUT.

How can I validate data that are sent via PUT?

Thankful for all input!

Answer 1

Nope! Doesn't work. What you CAN do is hack it, so:

$_POST['foo'] = $this->put('foo');

Allowing the CodeIgniter Form Validation class to validate things other than POST is on the todo list (for exactly this reason).

Answer 2

Here is my solution. I am using set_data() function from form validation library:

$set_data = array(
        'username'  => $this->put('username'),
        'email'     => $this->put('email'),
        'zipcode'   => $this->put('zipcode'),
        'telephone' => $this->put('telephone'),
        'password'  => $this->put('password'),
    );

    $this->form_validation->set_data($set_data);
    $this->form_validation->set_rules($this->Register_model->rules_register);