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The base request method, which is called from all the wrappers (get, post, put, delete). Returns the results of the request.

string function request($request)

$request is a keyed array of various options. Here is the format and default settings:

var $request = array(
	'method' => 'GET',
	'uri' => array(
		'scheme' => 'http',
		'host' => null,
		'port' => 80,
		'user' => null,
		'pass' => null,
		'path' => null,
		'query' => null,
		'fragment' => null
	),
	'auth' => array(
		'method' => 'Basic',
		'user' => null,
		'pass' => null
	),
	'version' => '1.1',
	'body' => '',
	'line' => null,
	'header' => array(
		'Connection' => 'close',
		'User-Agent' => 'CakePHP'
	),
	'raw' => null,
	'cookies' => array()
);

1. var $request = array(
2. 'method' => 'GET',
3. 'uri' => array(
4. 'scheme' => 'http',
5. 'host' => null,
6. 'port' => 80,
7. 'user' => null,
8. 'pass' => null,
9. 'path' => null,
10. 'query' => null,
11. 'fragment' => null
12. ),
13. 'auth' => array(
14. 'method' => 'Basic',
15. 'user' => null,
16. 'pass' => null
17. ),
18. 'version' => '1.1',
19. 'body' => '',
20. 'line' => null,
21. 'header' => array(
22. 'Connection' => 'close',
23. 'User-Agent' => 'CakePHP'
24. ),
25. 'raw' => null,
26. 'cookies' => array()
27. );