Parameters in CakePHP3 URL

Question

Using CakePHP3, I have a search form with GET method. Trying to get the URL parameter seems not to work. I doing as follow :

if(isset($this->request->params['text'])){

        // the code ...
    }

The search form's action has a defined route :

$routes->connect('/search', [
  'controller' => 'Top',
  'action' => 'index'
],
[
  '_name' => 'search'
]);

How to fix this ?

Answer 1

I think you are looking for this:

$this->request->query('text');

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

Answer 2

You can do something like this fo fetch querystring($_GET) parameters

if(isset($this->request->query['text'])){
        // the code ...
}