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PHP program to print the request method used to access the webpage

Here, we are going to learn how to print the request method used to access the webpage in PHP?
Submitted by Nidhi, on November 24, 2020 [Last updated : March 14, 2023]

$_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] Example

Here, we will use $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] superglobal to get the request method used to access the webpage.

PHP code to print the request method used to access the webpage

The source code to print the request method used to access the webpage is given below. The given program is compiled and executed successfully.

<?php
//PHP program to print request method used 
//to access the webpage.

$RequestMethod = $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'];

printf("Request Method: %s<br>", $RequestMethod);
?>

Output

Request Method: GET

Explanation

In the above program, we used $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] super global that returns the request method used to access the webpage, which is assigned to the variable $RequestMethod. After that, we printed the request method on the webpage.