Use the IOC Container to automagically inject the request class into your controller and access the $_POST and $_GET input as shown below.

Also See: http://programmingarehard.com/2014/01/11/stop-using-facades.html and http://laravel.com/docs/facades#facade-class-reference

<?php

use Illuminate\Http\Request as Request;

class MyController extends BaseController
{
    protected $request;
    
    public function __construct(Request $request)
    {
        $this->request = $request;
    }

	public function index()
	{
		//	Input::get() - Retrieves combined $_POST and $_GET 
		$this->request->all();
		
		//	Input::get('foo')
		$this->request->get('foo');

		//	$_GET array
		$this->request->query->all();
		//	$_GET['foo']
		$this->request->query->get('foo');

		//	$_POST array
		$this->request->request->all();
		//	$_POST['bar']
		$this->request->request->get('bar');
	}
	
}

Dixter said:

Use the IOC Container to automagically inject the request class into your controller and access the $_POST and $_GET input as shown below.

Also See: http://programmingarehard.com/2014/01/11/stop-using-facades.html and http://laravel.com/docs/facades#facade-class-reference

<?php

use Illuminate\Http\Request as Request;

class MyController extends BaseController
{
   protected $request;
   
   public function __construct(Request $request)
   {
       $this->request = $request;
   }

  public function index()
  {
  	//	Input::get() - Retrieves combined $_POST and $_GET 
  	$this->request->all();
  	
  	//	Input::get('foo')
  	$this->request->get('foo');

  	//	$_GET array
  	$this->request->query->all();
  	//	$_GET['foo']
  	$this->request->query->get('foo');

  	//	$_POST array
  	$this->request->request->all();
  	//	$_POST['bar']
  	$this->request->request->get('bar');
  }
  
}

High.

I see I can use it like this. But I don't see the benefit really. Can you explain please? Thanks

use Acme\Interfaces\MembersInterface as MembersInterface;
use Illuminate\Http\Request as Request;

class MembersController extends \BaseController {

	protected $MembersInterface;

	public function __construct(MembersInterface $MembersInterface, Request $request)
	{
		$this->MembersInterface = $MembersInterface;
		$this->request = $request;
	}
	
	public function index()
	{
		return View::make('Members.MembersSearch')->with('results', array());
	}

	public function search()
	{
		$email = $this->request->get('email');
		$results = $this->MembersInterface->search($email);
		return View::make('Members.MembersSearch')->with('results', $results);
	}
}

The benefit is, you don't have to use the Input facade. Isn't that what you were trying to accomplish?