Added processExtra to request, allows for merging application/json POST bodies into $_POST

lib/Request.php

@@ -83,6 +83,26 @@
             Request::$strResourcePath = $strPath;
         }
 
+        public static function processExtra()
+        {
+            $strInput       = file_get_contents("php://input");
+            $strContentType = Request::getHeader("Content-Type");
+
+            switch ($strContentType)
+            {
+                // Allow posted JSON bodies to be merged with $_POST:
+                case "application/json":
+                    if ($strInput !== null && strlen($strInput) > 0)
+                    {
+                        $o = json_decode($strInput, true);
+
+                        foreach ($o as $k => $v)
+                            $_POST[$k] = $v;
+                    }
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+
         public static function getScript()
         {
             return Request::$strScriptPath;
@@ -173,4 +193,5 @@
 
     // Call this no matter what to understand the request:
     Request::process();
+    Request::processExtra();
 ?>