[Catalyst] How to detect if the current form request is a post?

[David Dorward]

kakimoto at tpg.com.au wrote:
> Read my response. I said 
>
> 1) POST is the prefered method
>   
Not according to the standard. Everything has its place.
> 2) using GET for a content sensitive site like an online banking site is
> bad. I m sure you would not want to have people book marking your
> session ID , or worst, the user credentials used to login and access
> certain pages which are private to the authorised user.
>   
The session id shouldn't be in the URI, that's what cookies are for.

Authentication credentials are an exception to the normal guideline.

But everything else? Why shouldn't I bookmark the "latest transactions" 
page of my credit card account? Or the "Give me a form so I can pay my 
electricity bill" page?

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David Dorward