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Benubird
Benubird

Reputation: 19487

How do I get raw form data in Laravel?

I have a script that is trying to send data to my site using HTTP PUT. Normally, I would just retrieve it by reading from the input stream with file_get_contents('php://input'). However, when I try that with Laravel, I don't get anything! Why not? How do I read the raw input data?

Upvotes: 20

Views: 28388

Answers (3)

Abdurrahman Shofy Adianto
Abdurrahman Shofy Adianto

Reputation: 11

Update for latest Laravel (I'm using Laravel 5.8)

You may encounter an error when using Request::getContent();, because the latest Symfony Request module (which underlie Laravel's Request module) no longer provides getContent as a static method. Instead I use Request::createFromGlobals()->getContent();.

Reference: Accessing Request Data

Upvotes: 1

Mohamed Said
Mohamed Said

Reputation: 4613

You can also use Request::json($key, $default); to return the value of a specific key in the JSON payload.

Upvotes: 1

Benubird
Benubird

Reputation: 19487

Laravel intercepts all input. If you're using PHP prior to 5.6, the php://input stream can only be read once. This means that you need to get the data from the framework. You can do this by accessing the getContent method on the Request instance, like this:

$content = Request::getContent(); // Using Request facade
     /* or */ 
$content = $request->getContent(); // If you already have a Request instance
                                   // lying around, from say the controller

Since Illuminate\Request extends Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request, and getContent is defined here: http://api.symfony.com/3.0/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.html#method_getContent

Upvotes: 43

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