How can I access a GET request in CAKEPHP?

Question

How can I access a GET request in CAKEPHP ?

If I am passing a variable in the url

http://samplesite.com/page?key1=value1&key2=value2

Should I use $_GET or $this->params to get the values in controller? What is the standard in CAKEPHP ?

score 28 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 26 '12 at 21:30

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In CakePHP 2.0 this appears to have changed. According to the documentation you can access $this->request->query or $this->request['url'].

// url is /posts/index?page=1&sort=title
$this->request->query['page'];

// You can also access it via array access
$this->request['url']['page'];

http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/controllers/request-response.html

answered Jun 26 '12 at 21:30

Code Commander

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Thank you. Rescue comes sometimes no in the first, but the second post :D – func0der May 11 '13 at 13:54
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Or even $this->request->query('page'); instead of $this->request->query['page']; – gorodezkiy Jan 25 '14 at 18:00
Is it needed: if ($this->request->is('get')){ $this->request->query['page'];} – I Wanna Know Jan 02 '15 at 03:25
Or can I just: $this->request->query['page']; – I Wanna Know Jan 02 '15 at 03:25
`$this->request->query` worked for me in my client's old project which was in cakephp 2.4 version. Thanks Code Commander :) – Kamlesh Aug 18 '23 at 08:44

score 25 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 13 '13 at 06:37

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The standard way to do this in Cake is to use $this->params.

$value1 = $this->params['url']['key1'];
$value2 = $this->params['url']['key2'];

According to the CakePHP book, "the most common use of $this->params is to access information that has been handed to the controller via GET or POST operations."

See here.

edited Nov 13 '13 at 06:37

answered May 26 '11 at 05:56

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Thanks Dude... Shall i avoid to use $_GET in cakephp? – AnNaMaLaI May 26 '11 at 06:37
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@cakephp.saint Yeah, I typically don't access $_GET or $_POST directly when i'm working in Cake. I just updated my answer with a link to the manual. – declan May 26 '11 at 06:44

score 8 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 27 '17 at 11:57

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And now that we have CakePHP 3; you can still use $this->request->query('search') in your views.

And in CakePHP 3.5 + you can use $this->request->getQuery('search')

http://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/controllers/request-response.html#request-parameters

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answered Jul 28 '15 at 14:50

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 08 '20 at 12:36

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According to CakePHP 4.0.2

$this->request->getQuery()

will give you the whole query strings as an array

and for specific query

$this->request->getQuery('keywords')

https://book.cakephp.org/3/en/controllers/request-response.html

answered Dec 08 '20 at 12:36

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 07 '17 at 08:58

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You can do this only to get URL params,

$this->request->pass;  //Array of all parameters in URL

answered Jul 07 '17 at 08:58

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 16 '20 at 06:17

According to CakePHP documentation Query String Parameters

// URL is /posts/index?page=1&sort=title
$page = $this->request->getQuery('page');

// Prior to 3.4.0
$page = $this->request->query('page');

To access the all keys from URL You have to use

$data = $this->request->getQuery();
echo "<pre>";print_r($data ); die('MMS');

Output

<pre>Array
(
    [key1] => value
    [key2] => value
    ...........
)

How can I access a GET request in CAKEPHP?

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