From fca98e39f9041c1aee915968e0523dfc83e0c2c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: brq <brq@ii0.net>
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 12:50:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Allow postLink() to support other HTTP methods; it defaults
 to POST

---
 lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php | 13 +++++++++++++
 lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php               |  9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php
index fcaf57d1e..75dff5068 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php
@@ -6125,6 +6125,19 @@ class FormHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'/a'
 		));
 
+		$result = $this->Form->postLink('Delete', '/posts/delete/1', array('method'=>'delete'));
+		$this->assertTags($result, array(
+			'form' => array(
+				'method' => 'post', 'action' => '/posts/delete/1',
+				'name' => 'preg:/post_\w+/', 'id' => 'preg:/post_\w+/', 'style' => 'display:none;'
+			),
+			'input' => array('type' => 'hidden', 'name' => '_method', 'value' => 'DELETE'),
+			'/form',
+			'a' => array('href' => '#', 'onclick' => 'preg:/document\.post_\w+\.submit\(\); event\.returnValue = false; return false;/'),
+			'Delete',
+			'/a'
+		));
+
 		$result = $this->Form->postLink('Delete', '/posts/delete/1', array(), 'Confirm?');
 		$this->assertTags($result, array(
 			'form' => array(
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
index d78531fdf..de3824529 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
@@ -1578,7 +1578,7 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
 	}
 
 /**
- * Creates an HTML link, but access the url using method POST.
+ * Creates an HTML link, but access the url using the method you specify (defaults to POST).
  * Requires javascript to be enabled in browser.
  *
  * This method creates a `<form>` element. So do not use this method inside an existing form.
@@ -1599,6 +1599,11 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
  * @link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/helpers/form.html#FormHelper::postLink
  */
 	public function postLink($title, $url = null, $options = array(), $confirmMessage = false) {
+    $requestMethod = 'POST';
+		if (!empty($options['method'])) {
+			$requestMethod = strtoupper($options['method']);
+			unset($options['method']);
+		}
 		if (!empty($options['confirm'])) {
 			$confirmMessage = $options['confirm'];
 			unset($options['confirm']);
@@ -1607,7 +1612,7 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
 		$formName = uniqid('post_');
 		$formUrl = $this->url($url);
 		$out = $this->Html->useTag('form', $formUrl, array('name' => $formName, 'id' => $formName, 'style' => 'display:none;', 'method' => 'post'));
-		$out .= $this->Html->useTag('hidden', '_method', ' value="POST"');
+		$out .= $this->Html->useTag('hidden', '_method', ' value="' . $requestMethod . '"');
 		$out .= $this->_csrfField();
 
 		$fields = array();