HTML forms only support

GET

and

POST

as HTTP request methods. A workaround for this is to tunnel other methods through

POST

by using a

hidden form field

which is read by the server and the request dispatched accordingly

<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="DELETE">

However,

GET

,

POST

,

PUT

and

DELETE

are supported by the implementations of XMLHttpRequest (i.e. AJAX calls) in all the major web browsers (IE, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Opera)