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.