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');