Question

How can I access a GET request in CAKEPHP ?

If I am passing a variable in the url

http://samplesite.com/page?key1=value1&key2=value2

Should I use $_GET or $this->params to get the values in controller?
What is the standard in CAKEPHP ?

Answer 1

The standard way to do this in Cake is to use $this->params.

$value1 = $this->params['url']['key1'];
$value2 = $this->params['url']['key2'];

According to the CakePHP book, “the most common use of $this->params is to access information that has been handed to the controller via GET or POST operations.”

See here.