Input

Retrieve all the incoming request's input data as an array

$input = $request->all(); 

Retrieve all the incoming request's input data as a collection

$input = $request->collect(); // retrieve subset as collection $request->collect('users')->each(function ($user) { // ... }); 

See Helpers Retrieve user input (also gets values from query string)

$name = $request->input('name'); // with default value if none present $name = $request->input('name', 'Sally'); 

Access array inputs

$name = $request->input('products.0.name'); $names = $request->input('products.\*.name'); 

Retrieve all the input values as an associative array:

$input = $request->input(); 

Only retrieve values from the query string:

$name = $request->query('name'); // with default value $name = $request->query('name', 'Helen'); 

Retrieve all the query string values as an associative array:

$query = $request->query(); 

#Boolean Input Values

Helpful for checkbox inputs or other booleans. Return true for 1, "1", true, "true", "on", and "yes".
All other values will return false

$archived = $request->boolean('archived');