regex - PHP parse PUT request -

i've spent hours trying php parse put request key/value pairs.

the request coming out of ember data , of type form-data , can't change (ember data doesn't allow far know). don't want install php extension (limits hosting options) or use php framework.

so, using postman, request looks this:

------webkitformboundarytb5fqcjpcsltsdjp content-disposition: form-data; name="phone_number"  1234567 ------webkitformboundarytb5fqcjpcsltsdjp content-disposition: form-data; name="legal_name"  drew baker ------webkitformboundarytb5fqcjpcsltsdjp content-disposition: form-data; name="first_name"  drew ------webkitformboundarytb5fqcjpcsltsdjp content-disposition: form-data; name="last_name"  baker ------webkitformboundarytb5fqcjpcsltsdjp-- 

i have no idea other browsers. i'm assuming different.

currently best this:

$input = file_get_contents('php://input'); $patten = ''; preg_match_all($patten, $input, $matches); 

i wasn't able come patten close. think ideally search this:

name=" in between ---

if guys think form-data structured differently on other browsers, maybe there better patten use.

after got $matches back, planed on looping through them , merging $_request superglobal having correct key/value pairs, so:

$put_vars = array(    'phone_number'   => '1234567',    'legal_name'     => 'drew baker',    'first_name'     => 'drew',    'last_name'      => 'baker' ); $_request = array_merge($_request, $put_vars); 

my plan add high level function in code, parse_put_vars_into_request. ideally work delete , other http methods too.

i understand regex isn't ideal way solve problem, given needs work form-data, it's best think of.

thanks!

as @zedfoxus pointed out, answer: http://www.chlab.ch/blog/archives/php/manually-parse-raw-http-data-php

but @steveax suggested making custom ember data adapter avoid using put's altogether: http://emberjs.com/api/data/classes/ds.adapter.html#method_updaterecord

both great answers. think i'll try out server side solution, because restful nature of get/post/put/delete.