Working with HTTP request type (method) in CakePHP

Get the request type (method):

$this->request->getMethod()

(For the older versions before 3.4, use $this->request->method())

Check the request type (method):

$this->request->is('post');

Documentation:

• https://book.cakephp.org/4/en/controllers/request-response.html#reading-the-http-method
• https://book.cakephp.org/4/en/controllers/request-response.html#Cake\Http\ServerRequest::is