Is it possible to get all post variables in ExpressionEngine, like you could in CodeIgniter?

Question

In a controller in CI you could get all post variables by doing something like this:

$data = $this->input->post();

In EE (built off of CI by the same people) the analogous syntax would be:

$data = $this->EE->input->post();

The only issue is that instead of an array with all of the data, you get a boolean of false.

Is there some way of getting an array of all post data, using ExpressionEngine rather than the POST superglobal?

Thanks.

If you have the source code, read it from there. It was not mentioned in the documentation and I don't know where to get the source from. — Esailija, Jun 20 '12 at 21:20
Thanks. There was a solution that I just kind of winged: foreach($_POST as $key => $value){ $data[$key] = $this->EE->input->post($key); } This works fine, for anyone who finds value in this question — Mike_K, Jun 20 '12 at 22:20
@Mike_K, post your solution as an answer and accept that answer. — Kinjal Dixit, Jun 21 '12 at 12:18

score 23 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 10 '18 at 17:21

23

Try native

$this->input->post(NULL, TRUE); // returns all POST items with XSS filter 
$this->input->post(); // returns all POST items without XSS filter

edited Nov 10 '18 at 17:21

Stack Programmer

answered Apr 09 '15 at 11:56

Shahjahan Jewel

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 21 '12 at 16:15

Ok, the way to get results similar to CI within EE for all elements of a POST, while still leveraging the security features of EE is the following:

foreach($_POST as $key => $value){
     $data[$key] = $this->EE->input->post($key);
}

Since you can access POST vars by name, looping through them in $_POST, then explicitly calling each will yield the desired result.

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