Azure Websites PHP API - 405 Method Not Allowed on PUT and DELETE

Question

I'm building a simple PHP web service using Azure Web Sites and I'm having trouble getting it to support PUT and DELETE http methods. Assuming it's something that'll have to go into the web.config file - I've tried a few options from around the interwebs but non of them seem to function properly. Any ideas?

Here's the web.config file as it currently stands:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
  <system.webServer>
    <handlers>
    </handlers>
    <security>
    </security>
    <directoryBrowse enabled="false" />
    <caching>
      <profiles>
        <add extension=".php" policy="DontCache" kernelCachePolicy="DontCache" />
        <add extension=".html" policy="CacheForTimePeriod" kernelCachePolicy="CacheForTimePeriod" duration="14:00:00" />
      </profiles>
    </caching>
    <rewrite>
      <rules>
        <rule name="block favicon" stopProcessing="true">
          <match url="favicon\.ico" />
          <action type="CustomResponse" statusCode="404" subStatusCode="1"
          statusReason="The requested file favicon.ico was not found"
          statusDescription="The requested file favicon.ico was not found" />
        </rule>
        <rule name="Cols Rule" stopProcessing="true">
          <match url="^(.*)$" ignoreCase="false" />
          <conditions>
            <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" ignoreCase="false" negate="true" />
            <add input="{URL}" pattern="^/favicon.ico$" ignoreCase="false" negate="true" />
            <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" ignoreCase="false" negate="true" />
          </conditions>
          <action type="Rewrite" url="index.php?q={R:1}" appendQueryString="true" />
        </rule>
      </rules>
    </rewrite>
    <defaultDocument>
      <files>
        <remove value="index.php" />
        <add value="index.php" />
      </files>
    </defaultDocument>
  </system.webServer>
</configuration>

I saw a similar thread a few days ago. In that case, it turned out that PUT verb was blocked by the internal network. Can you check if that's not the case here? — Gaurav Mantri, Apr 09 '13 at 17:36

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 09 '13 at 23:23

I do not see that you have handler added into your web.config. I haven't personally tested but someone suggested that PUT and DELETE should work with Windows Azure Website however you would need to configure them correctly on your Windows Azure Websites through web.config.

Following is the simple configuration you can use to set it up:

<configuration>
 <system.webServer>
    <handlers>
        <remove name="PHP53_via_FastCGI" />
        <add name="PHP53_via_FastCGI" path="*.php"
               verb="GET, PUT, POST, HEAD, DELETE" 
               modules="FastCgiModule" 
               scriptProcessor="D:\Program Files (x86)\PHP\v5.3\php-cgi.exe"
               resourceType="Either" requireAccess="Script" />
    </handlers>
 </system.webServer>
</configuration>

This post does a great job of covering the full extent of the configurations on Windows Azure Web Sites http://blog.maartenballiauw.be/post/2012/07/09/Tweaking-Windows-Azure-Web-Sites.aspx — cory-fowler, May 02 '13 at 20:43

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 10 '13 at 11:26

4

It didn't work with DELETE as the last option, and here's the code modified for PHP54 on Azure. But thanks to Avkash!

<handlers> 
    <remove name="PHP54_via_FastCGI" />
        <add name="PHP54_via_FastCGI" path="*.php"
               verb="GET, PUT, POST, DELETE, HEAD" 
               modules="FastCgiModule" 
               scriptProcessor="D:\Program Files (x86)\PHP\v5.4\php-cgi.exe"
               resourceType="Either" requireAccess="Script" />
    </handlers>

answered Apr 10 '13 at 11:26

Daniel Sharp

191
1
11

5

Now that HEAD is the last option, it stopped working. I added a comma after HEAD and now it's working again. Weird. – Andrew Bucklin Mar 31 '14 at 20:12

Azure Websites PHP API - 405 Method Not Allowed on PUT and DELETE

2 Answers2