How to get the contents of the HTTP Request body in Laravel?

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

With the above class, you will be able to fetch the 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

Using $request->all() method

Enter the details in the form as shown 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

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

Using $request->getContent() method.

This method gives output as a URL query string, the data being passed in the key/value pair.

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

Using php://input

This will return the data coming from the input field 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