Merge pull request #2325 from infoza/master

Adding support for the X-HTTP-Method-Override header

framework/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Enh: Improved `QueryBuilder::buildLimit()` to support big numbers (qiangxue)
 - Enh:#2211: Added typecast database types into php types (dizews)
 - Enh #2240: Improved `yii\web\AssetManager::publish()`, `yii\web\AssetManager::getPublishedPath()` and `yii\web\AssetManager::getPublishedUrl()` to support aliases (vova07)
+- Enh #2325: Adding support for the `X-HTTP-Method-Override` header in `yii\web\Request::getMethod()` (pawzar)
 - Chg #1519: `yii\web\User::loginRequired()` now returns the `Response` object instead of exiting the application (qiangxue)
 - Chg #1586: `QueryBuilder::buildLikeCondition()` will now escape special characters and use percentage characters by default (qiangxue)
 - Chg #1610: `Html::activeCheckboxList()` and `Html::activeRadioList()` will submit an empty string if no checkbox/radio is selected (qiangxue)

framework/web/Request.php

@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ class Request extends \yii\base\Request
 	{
 		if (isset($_POST[$this->methodVar])) {
 			return strtoupper($_POST[$this->methodVar]);
+		} elseif (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE'])) {
+			return strtoupper($_SERVER['HTTP_X_HTTP_METHOD_OVERRIDE']);
 		} else {
 			return isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']) ? strtoupper($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']) : 'GET';
 		}