Class Phalcon\Http\Request

implements Phalcon\Http\RequestInterface, Phalcon\Di\InjectionAwareInterface

Source on GitHub

Encapsulates request information for easy and secure access from application controllers.

The request object is a simple value object that is passed between the dispatcher and controller classes. It packages the HTTP request environment.

use Phalcon\Http\Request;

$request = new Request();

if ($request->isPost() && $request->isAjax()) {
    echo "Request was made using POST and AJAX";
}

$request->getServer("HTTP_HOST"); // Retrieve SERVER variables
$request->getMethod();            // GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS, PATCH, PURGE, TRACE, CONNECT
$request->getLanguages();         // An array of languages the client accepts

Methods

public getHttpMethodParameterOverride ()

...

public setHttpMethodParameterOverride (mixed $httpMethodParameterOverride)

...

public setDI (Phalcon\DiInterface $dependencyInjector)

Sets the dependency injector

public getDI ()

Returns the internal dependency injector

public get ([mixed $name], [mixed $filters], [mixed $defaultValue], [mixed $notAllowEmpty], [mixed $noRecursive])

Gets a variable from the $_REQUEST superglobal applying filters if needed. If no parameters are given the $_REQUEST superglobal is returned

// Returns value from $_REQUEST["user_email"] without sanitizing
$userEmail = $request->get("user_email");

// Returns value from $_REQUEST["user_email"] with sanitizing
$userEmail = $request->get("user_email", "email");

public getPost ([mixed $name], [mixed $filters], [mixed $defaultValue], [mixed $notAllowEmpty], [mixed $noRecursive])

Gets a variable from the $_POST superglobal applying filters if needed If no parameters are given the $_POST superglobal is returned

// Returns value from $_POST["user_email"] without sanitizing
$userEmail = $request->getPost("user_email");

// Returns value from $_POST["user_email"] with sanitizing
$userEmail = $request->getPost("user_email", "email");

public getPut ([mixed $name], [mixed $filters], [mixed $defaultValue], [mixed $notAllowEmpty], [mixed $noRecursive])

Gets a variable from put request

// Returns value from $_PUT["user_email"] without sanitizing
$userEmail = $request->getPut("user_email");

// Returns value from $_PUT["user_email"] with sanitizing
$userEmail = $request->getPut("user_email", "email");

public getQuery ([mixed $name], [mixed $filters], [mixed $defaultValue], [mixed $notAllowEmpty], [mixed $noRecursive])

Gets variable from $_GET superglobal applying filters if needed If no parameters are given the $_GET superglobal is returned

// Returns value from $_GET["id"] without sanitizing
$id = $request->getQuery("id");

// Returns value from $_GET["id"] with sanitizing
$id = $request->getQuery("id", "int");

// Returns value from $_GET["id"] with a default value
$id = $request->getQuery("id", null, 150);

final protected getHelper (array $source, [mixed $name], [mixed $filters], [mixed $defaultValue], [mixed $notAllowEmpty], [mixed $noRecursive])

Helper to get data from superglobals, applying filters if needed. If no parameters are given the superglobal is returned.

public getServer (mixed $name)

Gets variable from $_SERVER superglobal

public has (mixed $name)

Checks whether $_REQUEST superglobal has certain index

public hasPost (mixed $name)

Checks whether $_POST superglobal has certain index

public hasPut (mixed $name)

Checks whether the PUT data has certain index

public hasQuery (mixed $name)

Checks whether $_GET superglobal has certain index

final public hasServer (mixed $name)

Checks whether $_SERVER superglobal has certain index

final public getHeader (mixed $header)

Gets HTTP header from request data

public getScheme ()

Gets HTTP schema (http/https)

public isAjax ()

Checks whether request has been made using ajax

public isSoap ()

Checks whether request has been made using SOAP

public isSoapRequested ()

Alias of isSoap(). It will be deprecated in future versions

public isSecure ()

Checks whether request has been made using any secure layer

public isSecureRequest ()

Alias of isSecure(). It will be deprecated in future versions

public getRawBody ()

Gets HTTP raw request body

public getJsonRawBody ([mixed $associative])

Gets decoded JSON HTTP raw request body

public getServerAddress ()

Gets active server address IP

public getServerName ()

Gets active server name

public getHttpHost ()

Gets host name used by the request. Request::getHttpHost trying to find host name in following order: - $_SERVER[“HTTP_HOST”] - $_SERVER[“SERVER_NAME”] - $_SERVER[“SERVER_ADDR”] Optionally Request::getHttpHost validates and clean host name. The Request::$_strictHostCheck can be used to validate host name. Note: validation and cleaning have a negative performance impact because they use regular expressions.

use Phalcon\Http\Request;

$request = new Request;

$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] = "example.com";
$request->getHttpHost(); // example.com

$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] = "example.com:8080";
$request->getHttpHost(); // example.com:8080

$request->setStrictHostCheck(true);
$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] = "ex=am~ple.com";
$request->getHttpHost(); // UnexpectedValueException

$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] = "ExAmPlE.com";
$request->getHttpHost(); // example.com

public setStrictHostCheck ([mixed $flag])

Sets if the Request::getHttpHost method must be use strict validation of host name or not

public isStrictHostCheck ()

Checks if the Request::getHttpHost method will be use strict validation of host name or not

public getPort ()

Gets information about the port on which the request is made.

final public getURI ()

Gets HTTP URI which request has been made

public getClientAddress ([mixed $trustForwardedHeader])

Gets most possible client IPv4 Address. This method searches in $_SERVER[“REMOTE_ADDR”] and optionally in $_SERVER[“HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR”]

final public getMethod ()

Gets HTTP method which request has been made If the X-HTTP-Method-Override header is set, and if the method is a POST, then it is used to determine the “real” intended HTTP method. The _method request parameter can also be used to determine the HTTP method, but only if setHttpMethodParameterOverride(true) has been called. The method is always an uppercased string.

public getUserAgent ()

Gets HTTP user agent used to made the request

public isValidHttpMethod (mixed $method)

Checks if a method is a valid HTTP method

public isMethod (mixed $methods, [mixed $strict])

Check if HTTP method match any of the passed methods When strict is true it checks if validated methods are real HTTP methods

public isPost ()

Checks whether HTTP method is POST. if _SERVER[“REQUEST_METHOD”]===”POST”

public isGet ()

Checks whether HTTP method is GET. if _SERVER[“REQUEST_METHOD”]===”GET”

public isPut ()

Checks whether HTTP method is PUT. if _SERVER[“REQUEST_METHOD”]===”PUT”

public isPatch ()

Checks whether HTTP method is PATCH. if _SERVER[“REQUEST_METHOD”]===”PATCH”

public isHead ()

Checks whether HTTP method is HEAD. if _SERVER[“REQUEST_METHOD”]===”HEAD”

public isDelete ()

Checks whether HTTP method is DELETE. if _SERVER[“REQUEST_METHOD”]===”DELETE”

public isOptions ()

Checks whether HTTP method is OPTIONS. if _SERVER[“REQUEST_METHOD”]===”OPTIONS”

public isPurge ()

Checks whether HTTP method is PURGE (Squid and Varnish support). if _SERVER[“REQUEST_METHOD”]===”PURGE”

public isTrace ()

Checks whether HTTP method is TRACE. if _SERVER[“REQUEST_METHOD”]===”TRACE”

public isConnect ()

Checks whether HTTP method is CONNECT. if _SERVER[“REQUEST_METHOD”]===”CONNECT”

public hasFiles ([mixed $onlySuccessful])

Checks whether request include attached files

final protected hasFileHelper (mixed $data, mixed $onlySuccessful)

Recursively counts file in an array of files

public getUploadedFiles ([mixed $onlySuccessful])

Gets attached files as Phalcon\Http\Request\File instances

final protected smoothFiles (array $names, array $types, array $tmp_names, array $sizes, array $errors, mixed $prefix)

Smooth out $_FILES to have plain array with all files uploaded

public getHeaders ()

Returns the available headers in the request

$_SERVER = [
    "PHP_AUTH_USER" => "phalcon",
    "PHP_AUTH_PW"   => "secret",
];

$headers = $request->getHeaders();

echo $headers["Authorization"]; // Basic cGhhbGNvbjpzZWNyZXQ=

public getHTTPReferer ()

Gets web page that refers active request. ie: http://www.google.com

final protected _getBestQuality (array $qualityParts, mixed $name)

Process a request header and return the one with best quality

public getContentType ()

Gets content type which request has been made

public getAcceptableContent ()

Gets an array with mime/types and their quality accepted by the browser/client from _SERVER[“HTTP_ACCEPT”]

public getBestAccept ()

Gets best mime/type accepted by the browser/client from _SERVER[“HTTP_ACCEPT”]

public getClientCharsets ()

Gets a charsets array and their quality accepted by the browser/client from _SERVER[“HTTP_ACCEPT_CHARSET”]

public getBestCharset ()

Gets best charset accepted by the browser/client from _SERVER[“HTTP_ACCEPT_CHARSET”]

public getLanguages ()

Gets languages array and their quality accepted by the browser/client from _SERVER[“HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE”]

public getBestLanguage ()

Gets best language accepted by the browser/client from _SERVER[“HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE”]

public getBasicAuth ()

Gets auth info accepted by the browser/client from $_SERVER[“PHP_AUTH_USER”]

public getDigestAuth ()

Gets auth info accepted by the browser/client from $_SERVER[“PHP_AUTH_DIGEST”]

final protected _getQualityHeader (mixed $serverIndex, mixed $name)

Process a request header and return an array of values with their qualities