laravel/laravel — pull request #1384 by machuga (2012-10-24 17:43:05+00:00)
Title: Update LaravelRequest.php to alllow PUT/DELETE/PATCH on PHP5.4 built-in server

This will allow the built in PHP 5.4 server to interpret PUT, DELETE, and PATCH content.

It uses the HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE variable instead of CONTENT_TYPE. Symfony hasn't adapted for this yet.