How to get the content of HTTP request body in Laravel?

To get the details of the HTTP request you need to make use of the class Illuminate\Http\Request.

Using the above classes you will be able to get input, cookies and files from HTTP requests. Now consider the following form -

To get all the details from the HTTP request you can do as follows −

Example 1

Example 1

Using $request->all() method

Enter the following details into the form below:

Once you submit it will retrieve all the input data and return an array with data.

public function validateform(Request $request) {
   $input = $request->all();
   print_r($input);
}

Output

The output of the above code is −

Array (
   [_token] => 367OQ9dozmWlnhu6sSs9IvHN7XWa6YKpSnnWrBXx
   [name] => Rasika Desai
   [email] => rasika@gmail.com
   [age] => 20
   [address] => Pune
)

Example 2

Example 2

Using $request->collect() method.

This method will return the data as a collection.

public function validateform(Request $request) {
   $input = $request->collect();
   print_r($input);
}

Output

The output of the above code is −

Illuminate\Support\Collection Object (
   [items:protected] => Array(
      [_token] => 367OQ9dozmWlnhu6sSs9IvHN7XWa6YKpSnnWrBXx
      [name] => Rasika Desai
      [email] => rasika@gmail.com
      [age] => 20
      [address] => Pune
   )
   [escapeWhenCastingToString:protected] =>
)

Example 3

Use $request->getContent() method.

This method will output as a URL query string, and the data is passed in the form of key/value pairs.

public function validateform(Request $request) {
   $input = $request->getContent();
   echo $input;
}

Output

The output of the above code is

_token=367OQ9dozmWlnhu6sSs9IvHN7XWa6YKpSnnWrBXx&name=Rasika+Desai&email=rasika%40gmail.com&age=20&address=Pune

Example 4

Use php://input

This will return data from the input fields in the URL query string.

$data = file_get_contents('php://input');
print_r($data);

Output

The output of the above code is −

_token=367OQ9dozmWlnhu6sSs9IvHN7XWa6YKpSnnWrBXx&name=Rasika+Desai&email=rasika%40gmail.com&age=20&address=Pune

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