Question

In my component methods, how can I get the request data that is normally read by the controller?

class MyComponent extends Component {

    public function processData() {

        // Get the data normally found in $this->request->data

    }

}

Answer 1

Here are 2 ways to do this, second way is simpler:

Add this in your component

public function initialize(Controller $controller) {
    $this->controller = $controller;
}

You can then access the request data in the component by doing:

$this->controller->request->data

Or alternatively, you could just pass it through to your function.
E.g.

public function processData($data) {

}

And then call it with

$this->MyComponent->processData($this->request->data);