nput-&gt;cookie()</span></tt></li>
<li><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$this-&gt;input-&gt;server()</span></tt></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="using-the-php-input-stream">
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id6">Using the php://input stream</a><a class="headerlink" href="#using-the-php-input-stream" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>If you want to utilize the PUT, DELETE, PATCH or other exotic request
methods, they can only be accessed via a special input stream, th