Added option of emulating the request-method. This is for example used by MooTools in the Request-class.

Changes:
- added config option (enable_emulate_request)
- modified _detect_method() to allow emulated methods
- moved loading the config file to beginning of __construct(), before $this->request->method is set

Author: mileswebdesign

application/config/rest.php

@@ -12,6 +12,19 @@
 */
 $config['rest_default_format'] = 'xml';
 
+/*
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| Enable emulate request
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|
+| Should we enable emulation of the request (e.g. used in Mootools request)?
+|
+|	Default: false
+|
+*/
+$config['enable_emulate_request'] = TRUE;
+
+
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 | REST Realm

application/libraries/REST_Controller.php

@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ public function __construct()
 	{
 		parent::__construct();
 
-		// How is this request being made? POST, DELETE, GET, PUT?
-		$this->request->method = $this->_detect_method();
-
 		// Lets grab the config and get ready to party
 		$this->load->config('rest');
 
+		// How is this request being made? POST, DELETE, GET, PUT?
+		$this->request->method = $this->_detect_method();
+
 		$this->load->library('security');
 		if ($this->config->item('rest_auth') == 'basic')
 		{
@@ -295,6 +295,12 @@ private function _detect_format()
 	private function _detect_method()
 	{
 		$method = strtolower($this->input->server('REQUEST_METHOD'));
+
+		if ($this->config->item('enable_emulate_request') && $this->input->post('_method'))
+		{
+			$method =  $this->input->post('_method');
+		}
+
 		if (in_array($method, array('get', 'delete', 'post', 'put')))
 		{
 			return $method;