Request::method PHP Method

        public static function method()
        {
            return \Illuminate\Http\Request::method();
        }

 /**
  * Sends the HTTP message [Request] to a remote server and processes
  * the response.
  *
  * @param   Request   $request  request to send
  * @param   Response  $request  response to send
  * @return  Response
  */
 public function _send_message(Request $request, Response $response)
 {
     $http_method_mapping = array(HTTP_Request::GET => HTTPRequest::METH_GET, HTTP_Request::HEAD => HTTPRequest::METH_HEAD, HTTP_Request::POST => HTTPRequest::METH_POST, HTTP_Request::PUT => HTTPRequest::METH_PUT, HTTP_Request::DELETE => HTTPRequest::METH_DELETE, HTTP_Request::OPTIONS => HTTPRequest::METH_OPTIONS, HTTP_Request::TRACE => HTTPRequest::METH_TRACE, HTTP_Request::CONNECT => HTTPRequest::METH_CONNECT);
     // Create an http request object
     $http_request = new HTTPRequest($request->uri(), $http_method_mapping[$request->method()]);
     if ($this->_options) {
         // Set custom options
         $http_request->setOptions($this->_options);
     }
     // Set headers
     $http_request->setHeaders($request->headers()->getArrayCopy());
     // Set cookies
     $http_request->setCookies($request->cookie());
     // Set query data (?foo=bar&bar=foo)
     $http_request->setQueryData($request->query());
     // Set the body
     if ($request->method() == HTTP_Request::PUT) {
         $http_request->addPutData($request->body());
     } else {
         $http_request->setBody($request->body());
     }
     try {
         $http_request->send();
     } catch (HTTPRequestException $e) {
         throw new Request_Exception($e->getMessage());
     } catch (HTTPMalformedHeaderException $e) {
         throw new Request_Exception($e->getMessage());
     } catch (HTTPEncodingException $e) {
         throw new Request_Exception($e->getMessage());
     }
     // Build the response
     $response->status($http_request->getResponseCode())->headers($http_request->getResponseHeader())->cookie($http_request->getResponseCookies())->body($http_request->getResponseBody());
     return $response;
 }