kohana-bootstrap-put-request-data-workaround.php

/**
 * Added to override the default parse_str(php://input)
 */
if (!empty($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'])
		&& in_array($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'], array('GET', 'POST')) === false
		&& empty($_POST)) {

	// Store original request
	$input = file_get_contents('php://input');

	// Maintain compatibility with standard key/value data format
	parse_str($input, $_POST);

	// Store original data in $_POST[data]
	$_POST['RAW_DATA'] = $input;
	unset($input);

	// Save this for later; it will be clobbered by Request::instance()
	$_POST_save = $_POST;
}

/**
 * Execute the main request. A source of the URI can be passed, eg: $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'].
 * If no source is specified, the URI will be automatically detected.
 */
$request = Request::instance();

/**
 * In the event that Request::instance() clobbers $_POST, restore it
 */
if (!empty($_POST_save) && count($_POST_save) > count($_POST)) {
	$_POST = $_POST_save;
}