Adding CakeRequest::method() to find the name of the HTTP method name…

… used for the request. Test case added.

cake/libs/cake_request.php

@@ -552,6 +552,15 @@ public function header($name) {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Get the HTTP method used for this request.
+ *
+ * @return string The name of the HTTP method used.
+ */
+	public function method() {
+		return env('REQUEST_METHOD');
+	}
+
 /**
  * Find out which content types the client accepts or check if they accept a 
  * particular type of content.

cake/tests/cases/libs/cake_request.test.php

@@ -500,6 +500,18 @@ function testIsHttpMethods() {
 		$this->assertFalse($request->is('delete'));
 	}
 
+/**
+ * test the method() method.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	function testMethod() {
+		$_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'delete';
+		$request = new CakeRequest('some/path');
+
+		$this->assertEquals('delete', $request->method());
+	}
+
 /**
  * test ajax, flash and friends
  *