Access query string values from Laravel

Question

Does anyone know if it's possible to make use of URL query's within Laravel.

Example

I have the following route:

Route::get('/text', 'TextController@index'); 

And the text on that page is based on the following url query:

http://example.com/text?color={COLOR} 

How would I approach this within Laravel?

Answer 1

For future visitors, I use the approach below for > 5.0. It utilizes Laravel's Request class and can help keep the business logic out of your routes and controller.

Example URL

admin.website.com/get-grid-value?object=Foo&value=Bar 

Routes.php

Route::get('get-grid-value', 'YourController@getGridValue'); 

YourController.php

/**  * $request is an array of data  */ public function getGridValue(Request $request) {     // returns "Foo"     $object = $request->query('object');      // returns "Bar"     $value = $request->query('value');      // returns array of entire input query...can now use $query['value'], etc. to access data     $query = $request->all();      // Or to keep business logic out of controller, I use like:     $n = new MyClass($request->all());     $n->doSomething();     $n->etc(); } 

For more on retrieving inputs from the request object, read the docs.

Answer 2

Yes, it is possible. Try this:

Route::get('test', function(){     return "<h1>" . Input::get("color") . "</h1>"; }); 

and call it by going to http://example.com/test?color=red.

You can, of course, extend it with additional arguments to your heart's content. Try this:

Route::get('test', function(){     return "<pre>" . print_r(Input::all(), true) . "</pre>"; }); 

and add some more arguments:

http://example.com/?color=red&time=now&greeting=bonjour` 

This will give you

Array (     [color] => red     [time] => now     [greeting] => bonjour )