HTML form PUT method

Question

Because the server side only accepts PUT method, I used method='PUT' in the HTML form. But the browser didn't use method PUT as expected, it's GET. When I set method='POST' it's POST.
I don't know why method='PUT' doesn't work. I have tested on Chrome and Firefox.

try looking at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/812711/how-do-you-do-an-http-put, this has some code examples. — ghostJago, Aug 31 '11 at 13:23

score 88 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 31 '11 at 13:23

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Browsers only support POST and GET, if you need PUT, you have to send the form via post/get and then do the proper PUT request on server-side.

EDIT although, most implementations of XMLHttpRequest support PUT and DELETE.

answered Aug 31 '11 at 13:23

cypher

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score 17 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 12 '14 at 00:50

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PUT is not recognized and is assimilated to GET.

Most frameworks use a hidden input to obtain PUT or DELETE:

<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="PUT">

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answered Dec 16 '13 at 14:07

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HTML form PUT method

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