Check if request is GET or POST

In my controller/action:

if(!empty($_POST))
{
    if(Auth::attempt(Input::get('data')))
    {
        return Redirect::intended();
    }
    else
    {
        Session::flash('error_message','');
    }
}

Is there a method in Laravel to check if the request is POST or GET?

According to Laravels docs, there's a Request method to check it, so you could just do:

$method = Request::method();

or

if (Request::isMethod('post'))
{
// 
}

The solutions above are outdated.

As per Laravel documentation:

$method = $request->method();

if ($request->isMethod('post')) {
    //
}

I've solve my problem like below in laravel version: 7+

In routes/web.php:

Route::post('url', YourController@yourMethod);

In app/Http/Controllers:

public function yourMethod(Request $request) {
    switch ($request->method()) {
        case 'POST':
            // do anything in 'post request';
            break;

        case 'GET':
            // do anything in 'get request';
            break;

        default:
            // invalid request
            break;
    }
}

Of course there is a method to find out the type of the request, But instead you should define a route that handles POST requests, thus you don't need a conditional statement.

routes.php

Route::post('url', YourController@yourPostMethod);

inside you controller/action

if(Auth::attempt(Input::get('data')))
{
   return Redirect::intended();
}
//You don't need else since you return.
Session::flash('error_message','');

The same goes for GET request.

Route::get('url', YourController@yourGetMethod);

$_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] is used for that.

It returns one of the following:

• 'GET'
• 'HEAD'
• 'POST'
• 'PUT'

Use Request::getMethod() to get method used for current request, but this should be rarely be needed as Laravel would call right method of your controller, depending on request type (i.e. getFoo() for GET and postFoo() for POST).